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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of Spencer

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 217188191
IA · NTEE T70
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Call, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 120 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

120 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 120 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,323 $10,000
$13,86410th
$31,63825th
$45,571Median
$59,35875th
$77,23690th
$10,000This org · 7th
p10$13,864
p25$31,638
p50$45,571
p75$59,358
p90$77,236
$10,000

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 IA 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
United Way Of Effingham Cnty Inc IL$261,026 Cpo $40,389 $36,264 2025
Lake Park Friends Ltd WI$261,249 Administrator $20,607 $20,771 2023
United Way Of Stanly County Inc NC$261,904 Former Executive Director $61,000 $59,087 2024
Lewis & Clark Foundation MT$259,068 Executive Director $61,500 $62,147 2024
Demopolis City Schools Foundation AL$263,711 Executive Di $28,966 $28,580 2025
Griffin Spalding County United Way GA$258,287 Executive Di $34,179 $33,169 2023
United Way Of Johnson County Inc TX$257,893 Exec Dir $42,308 $40,846 2023
The Business Council Inc WI$256,993 Director $154,562 $151,323 2024
United Way Services Of Northern OH$256,029 Executive Di $27,951 $27,753 2024
United Way Of Virginia's Eastern VA$255,802 Executive Di $37,584 $34,019 2024
Healing Hearts Connection MN$255,664 Executive Di $57,048 $54,405 2023
Lowell Sun Charities Inc MA$255,574 President $36,000 $29,545 2025
Geneva Center Of Concern Inc NY$255,517 Executive Director $59,475 $50,382 2024
United Way Of Hastings MN$254,009 Executive Director $49,180 $45,556 2024
United Way Of Windham County Inc VT$253,430 Executive Dir. $75,281 $69,202 2025
Donum Dei TX$251,920 Exec Dir & T $34,603 $32,449 2024
Kishwaukee United Way IL$249,389 Frmr Exec Dir $70,300 $63,121 2025
United Way Of Whitewater Valley Inc IN$247,353 President $73,146 $72,312 2024
United Way Of Southington Inc CT$247,202 Executive Director $40,000 $36,197 2023
Children Of Deaf Adults CA$275,428 Vice-president $5,400 $4,501 2023
The Community Chest Of Englewood NJ$246,442 Executive Director $76,300 $63,863 2024
United Way Of South Central Illinois IL$278,145 Executive Dir. $61,005 $57,885 2023
Dubois Area United Way PA$241,634 Executive Director $41,200 $39,654 2023
Community Parent Center NY$241,240 Director $67,500 $55,706 2025
Schostak Family Support Foundation MI$240,909 Secretary $26,189 $25,341 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Donna Call) 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 120 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.