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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Essex County Youth Soccer Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043103682
MA · NTEE N64Z
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Benjamin Reed, Executive Director / CEO ($30,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 167 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Benjamin Reed — reported title “REFEREE ASSIGNOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

167 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 167 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$214 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,600 $30,500
$5,55310th
$20,43525th
$51,758Median
$74,87875th
$100,68290th
$30,500This org · 36th
p10$5,553
p25$20,435
p50$51,758
p75$74,878
p90$100,682
$30,500

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to MA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
North Carolina Rush Triad Soccer Club Inc NC$472,369 Vice President - Operations $61,291 $72,556 2023
Wilmington Soccer Academy NC$469,581 President Treasurer $53,750 $61,804 2024
Cyclone Soccer Hollywood Inc FL$467,992 President $53,000 $55,407 2024
Bridge City Soccer Academy OR$478,987 President & Executive Director $63,935 $68,023 2023
Northern New Mexico Soccer NM$482,064 Executive Di $48,771 $60,099 2023
West Florida Soccer Club Inc FL$463,075 President $950 $993 2024
Capital Soccer Club Inc VT$483,640 Dir Of Admin $67,383 $75,475 2024
Dillsburg Area Soccer Club PA$484,650 Member At La $6,740 $7,701 2023
Hernando Soccer Club Inc FL$459,870 President $5,400 $5,645 2024
Champlain Valley Educator Development VT$485,885 Executive Director $108,280 $124,865 2023
Des Moines Soccer Club IA$459,360 President $11,040 $13,849 2023
Niskayuna Soccer Club Inc NY$487,589 Coaching Coordinator $10,250 $10,042 2025
Polonia Youth Soccer Club WI$489,625 Executive Director $20,000 $23,931 2023
Georgetown Football Club Inc KY$489,744 President $4,675 $5,589 2024
Ac Inspire PA$455,175 President $52,450 $58,206 2024
Cascade Soccer Club WA$490,773 Director $47,951 $47,774 2024
Cottonwood Football Club UT$492,452 President $12,000 $13,667 2024
Advantage Academy Inc AR$493,419 Ceo $79,984 $100,049 2024
Fff Academy Inc FL$450,849 Officer $74,000 $77,360 2024
Rising Stars World Soccer Inc FL$495,462 Director $48,000 $50,180 2024
Saints Soccer Academy OR$496,234 President $101,100 $107,565 2023
Future Soccer Inc NE$448,842 President $77,371 $92,606 2024
Amherst Soccer Association Inc NY$498,408 Director Of Coaching $55,924 $57,897 2023
Waunakee Area Soccer Club WI$498,606 Treasurer $38,000 $43,024 2025
Urban Champions Academy TX$503,861 President & Ceo $22,000 $24,490 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to MA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Benjamin Reed) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 167 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N64), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,500 is reasonable (approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 10, 2026.