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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United States Bowling Congress Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203417810
MT · NTEE N70
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marie Murphy, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Marie Murphy — reported title “ASSOCIATION MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,099 $12,000
$2,12210th
$8,10625th
$19,765Median
$46,96575th
$79,44390th
$12,000This org · 35th
p10$2,122
p25$8,106
p50$19,765
p75$46,965
p90$79,443
$12,000

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 MT 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
Central Alabama Sports Commission Inc AL$343,245 Executive Director $58,500 $60,181 2024
Woodside Vaulters Inc CA$343,731 Director $46,443 $38,188 2024
United States Bowling Congress Inc WI$351,348 Association Manager $48,962 $47,437 2025
Boulder Valley Lacrosse Association CO$325,400 Executive Director $84,206 $76,887 2024
Real Racine Sports And Events WI$322,497 Executive Dir. $9,701 $9,933 2023
Amateur Athletic Union Of The United States Inc CA$359,660 Executive Director $12,000 $9,868 2024
The Iowa State Pool Players IA$317,485 President $750 $762 2025
San Francisco Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee CA$308,510 Ceo And President $42,000 $34,535 2024
Oklahoma Senior Games OK$373,057 Executive Director $25,000 $26,987 2023
Legacy Athletics Inc WI$373,914 President $19,038 $19,492 2023
Black Girls Run Foundation VA$374,025 Founder And Ceo $2,585 $2,447 2023
Time To Shine United Inc FL$302,913 Executive Director $12,000 $11,051 2023
Multnomah Athletic Foundation OR$377,604 Executive Director $105,354 $93,164 2024
Quadball Inc NY$299,818 Chief Executive Officer $23,904 $20,038 2025
Altitude Youth Ultimate CO$380,637 Treasurer $27,000 $25,381 2023
Los Angeles Organization Of Ultimate CA$296,168 Vice President (Until 11/30/23) $15,178 $12,849 2023
Eastern Massachusetts Hockey Inc MA$388,653 General Manager $15,550 $13,699 2023
Skating Club Of Jackson Hole WY$289,962 Program Coordinator $33,040 $34,685 2023
United States Bowling Congress Inc HI$285,520 Association Manager $10,500 $8,952 2024
Coastal Volleyball Academy Inc FL$283,912 Officer/director $10,243 $9,163 2024
Lee County Sports Organization FL$396,592 Executive Director $183,441 $164,099 2024
Tohkon Judo Academy Inc IL$280,833 President $50,000 $46,808 2024
Greater La Usbc CA$400,113 Assoc. Manager $33,990 $27,948 2024
Whitefish Adult Ice Hockey Association MT$400,607 Director $2,440 $2,440 2025
Kansas State Usbc Inc KS$401,583 Director $7,583 $7,600 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT cost of living and 2025 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 MT 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Marie Murphy) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.