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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Police Athletic League Of Atlantic City

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222507381
NJ · NTEE O20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wilber Santiago, Executive Director / CEO ($4,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,014 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,015 $4,500
$12,91510th
$28,67525th
$47,362Median
$67,32375th
$88,08590th
$4,500This org · 5th
p10$12,915
p25$28,675
p50$47,362
p75$67,323
p90$88,085
$4,500

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 NJ 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
Npc Ff VA$277,763 President/club Founder $41,354 $46,042 2023
Middle Valley Youth Association Inc TN$277,257 Cheer President $8,333 $9,557 2025
Rotary Youth Camp Of North Fl Inc FL$278,566 Executive Di $51,500 $54,187 2024
Future Leaders Organization NJ$280,000 Ceo $32,306 $33,260 2023
Hickory Willow Swim Association IL$281,052 Ceo/head Coa $35,988 $39,627 2024
Greenmount West Community Center MD$281,100 Executive Director/chair $52,000 $56,058 2023
Coutts-moriarty Camp Inc VT$271,050 Executive Director $19,800 $22,321 2024
Valley Friendship Club MN$284,830 Executive Director $66,135 $75,353 2023
Colfax Community Network Inc CO$286,392 Ceo $56,104 $60,254 2024
Friends Of Creamers Field AK$268,518 Executive Director $55,900 $59,858 2024
Penns Valley Youth Center PA$266,719 Executive Director $35,000 $39,092 2024
Imagine That Summer Camp AZ$289,732 Director $30,500 $32,853 2024
Project Whitefish Kids Inc MT$263,601 Executive Dir. $15,000 $18,110 2024
D & N Event Center Inc NE$294,262 Board Member $23,200 $27,948 2024
Montana Outfitters And Guides Education Institute MT$295,143 Executive Director $25,000 $31,074 2023
Missionfit MD$255,682 Executive Director $85,000 $89,005 2024
Boys And Girls Club Of American Samoa AS$301,045 Executive Director $35,006 $35,006 2024
Pal Of Cape Cod Inc MA$254,633 Treasurer/secretary $1,200 $1,243 2023
Community Health Council PA$302,420 Board Member $14,193 $15,852 2024
Excellence & Ambition Inc MD$252,294 Executive Director $39,434 $41,292 2024
Hilliard High School Hockey Club OH$250,149 Director Of $12,282 $14,194 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of 879 Bpoe NH$306,840 Secretary $12,000 $12,410 2024
Kingswood Youth Center Inc NH$307,182 Executive Director $76,019 $76,592 2025
Blackfoot Community Center ID$245,899 Executive Dir. $51,241 $62,856 2023
Premier Athletics For Youth Development MI$245,424 Director $30,800 $35,606 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
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 (Wilber Santiago) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,500 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.