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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arthur Butler Post 359 The American

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 150515621
NY · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Neider, Executive Director / CEO ($11,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John Neider — reported title “1ST VICE COMMANDER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,493 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,298 $11,800
$4,07510th
$7,83225th
$17,495Median
$47,20675th
$71,07890th
$11,800This org · 38th
p10$4,075
p25$7,832
p50$17,495
p75$47,206
p90$71,078
$11,800

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 NY 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
Reserve Officers Association Memorial DC$33,751 Executive Director $18,644 $18,106 2023
Flite Test Community Association OH$33,644 Vice President $14,926 $17,495 2023
Lucy Harper Grier Benevolent Foundation SC$38,704 Secretary $44,976 $50,436 2024
Ojpac Inc NY$32,253 Executive Director, Trustee $19,600 $19,600 2023
State Services Organization Inc DC$40,315 Interim Executive Director $143,437 $135,298 2024
The Howard K Finch Memorial Fund NY$40,452 Trustee $1,493 $1,493 2023
Us Pugwash DC$30,200 Executive Director $6,000 $5,827 2023
Groww Education Inc WI$42,628 Executive Director $15,364 $17,757 2023
Center For Business And Consumer Ethics OH$28,268 Trustee, Exec Director $12,149 $13,831 2024
Distribution And Assistance Inc MO$46,255 President $12,000 $13,662 2024
Everything Sucks Inc DE$24,422 Trustee $2,000 $2,167 2023
Navy League Of Us Philadelphia Council PA$24,154 Executive Director $8,000 $8,575 2024
Miriam Foundation SC$48,535 Executive Di $65,000 $72,890 2024
National Association Of Consumer DC$49,419 Executive Dir. $5,990 $5,817 2023
Innsure Corporation MA$49,677 President $49,492 $55,338 2021
Kck 501 Minnesota All Inc KS$49,987 Vice President $61,208 $71,078 2024
Michigan Forest Association MI$51,107 Executive Director $10,500 $11,650 2024
New Jersey Utility Shareholders NJ$51,280 President $28,000 $26,872 2024
Brave New Films Action Fund 501(c)4 CA$51,523 Cfo $4,390 $4,075 2024
Valley Water Company CO$52,473 Director $7,800 $7,832 2025
Genius 100 Foundation Us NY$53,600 Ceo Secretary And Director $48,600 $47,206 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (John Neider) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $11,800 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.