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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Tribal Gaming Commissioners

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061510980
WI · NTEE S40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dawn Reiter, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 74 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dawn Reiter — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

74 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 74 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,819 total compensation of comparable organizations → $304,295 $60,000
$29,15110th
$52,29125th
$71,400Median
$97,43075th
$145,12490th
$60,000This org · 30th
p10$29,151
p25$52,291
p50$71,400
p75$97,430
p90$145,124
$60,000

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 WI 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
Massachusetts Brewers Guild Inc MA$251,223 Clerk/executive Director $133,656 $111,704 2024
Asociacion De Emprendedores CA$249,560 President $81,977 $67,780 2023
Sheet Metal Contractors Association PA$255,785 Executive Director $97,500 $90,429 2024
Cybersecurity Association Inc MD$256,137 Executive Dir. $85,648 $76,671 2023
Carolina Loggers Association Inc NC$257,542 Executive Director $79,788 $76,675 2024
Florida Society For Health Care Risk Mgmt & Patient Safety FL$257,972 Executive Director $84,000 $71,500 2025
Asphalt Pavement Association Of New NM$258,966 Executive Di $149,200 $149,247 2024
Jefferson County Tourism Commission MO$245,774 Key Employee $61,250 $60,335 2024
Virginia Heartland Regional Economic Development Alliance VA$245,437 Executive Director $24,757 $21,659 2025
Maine Asphalt Pavement Association ME$244,900 Executive Director $39,500 $36,786 2024
Oklahoma Citys Adventure District OK$266,306 Director $65,385 $65,235 2025
Ypo Wild West Regional Chapter Inc TX$237,394 Chapter Manager $82,875 $79,379 2023
National Utilities Diversity Council Inc CA$237,185 Executive Director $75,000 $60,232 2024
National Truck And Heavy Equipment CA$267,893 Director $6,000 $4,819 2024
Pittsburgh Region Clean Citiesinc PA$235,011 Executive Di $53,014 $49,169 2024
Etma AZ$270,266 Managing/director $109,800 $101,112 2023
Personalized Arthoplasty Society Inc GA$273,201 Executive Director $45,900 $42,923 2024
Association Of Chartered Accountants In The United Statesltd NY$274,471 Chief Executive $110,000 $95,177 2023
Economic Club Of Kansas City KS$229,708 President And Executive Director $57,500 $57,774 2024
Massachusetts Facilities Admin Association Inc MA$229,578 Treasurer $11,875 $9,924 2024
Cuero Chamber Of Commerce & Agriculture TX$228,896 Executive Director $49,323 $45,887 2024
Central Virginia Business Coalition VA$277,072 Secretary/executive Director $83,046 $74,575 2024
Dakota Institute For Business And SD$227,434 Ceo $159,655 $168,716 2023
Nc Captive Insurance Association NC$277,996 President & $119,969 $118,694 2023
Automobile Dealers Association Of KS$224,223 Chief Exec. $310,865 $304,295 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI cost of living and 2023 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 WI 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Dawn Reiter) 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 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 74 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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 9, 2026.