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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bowling Green State University Alumni

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237248524
OH · NTEE B84Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Rohr, Executive Director / CEO ($41,089) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,163 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,655 $41,089
$6,03610th
$13,46925th
$53,883Median
$69,64175th
$80,14790th
$41,089This org · 42nd
p10$6,036
p25$13,469
p50$53,883
p75$69,641
p90$80,147
$41,089

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 OH cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
206 Universal Dba 206 ZuluWA $383,172$54,395 990
Peoria High School Alumni AssociationIL $368,427$7,358 990
Alumni Association Of Emporia StateKS $393,316$71,536 990
University Of Nebraska At Omaha AlumniNE $397,884$13,865 990
George Mason University AlumniVA $358,100$43,288 990
Lauder Institute Alumni Association IncNY $405,660$39,777 990
Hunter College High SchoolNY $415,681$53,370 990
District Alpha Of The ClemsonSC $318,633$9,145 990
Harvard Business School Association OfCA $315,252$61,697 990
University Of Arkansas Pine Bluff Ark Am&n Alumni AssociationAR $441,419$14,034 990
Steven's High School Alumni AssociationNH $296,726$3,387 990
Alpha Sigma Nu IncWI $463,441$71,959 990
Slippery Rock University AlumniPA $290,650$34,318 990
Salem Education FoundationVA $287,998$5,470 990
Leo FoundationAZ $287,149$69,009 990
Fontainebleau AssociationsNJ $285,721$12,282 990
University Of Toledo Alumni AssociationOH $479,751$216,655 990
University Of Virginia Law School AlumniVA $274,517$55,282 990
Oswego Alumni Association IncNY $272,535$82,257 990
Girard College Alumni AssociationPA $267,792$54,577 990
Project Simeon 2000IL $489,862$144,253 990
Alumni Association Of The StateNY $257,682$1,163 990
The German Club Alumni Foundation IncVA $501,727$60,281 990
Princeton Project 55 IncNJ $537,740$75,224 990

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 OH 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Karen Rohr) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,089 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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). 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.