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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iowa Gun Owners

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264110647
IA · NTEE S80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aaron Dorr, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Aaron Dorr — reported title “CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$833 total compensation of comparable organizations → $103,238 $60,000
$2,85910th
$10,22225th
$32,421Median
$55,34675th
$79,00990th
$60,000This org · 76th
p10$2,859
p25$10,222
p50$32,421
p75$55,346
p90$79,009
$60,000

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
Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Founda ND$186,685 Executive Director $45,452 $43,107 2025
Cedar Branch Project CA$184,429 Executive Director $14,523 $11,453 2023
Lithuanian Center IL$193,802 President/director $7,200 $6,117 2025
The Committee Of 101 Inc KY$174,880 President $3,600 $3,343 2025
Missouri Valley Crisis Center Inc SD$200,185 Executive Dir. $61,301 $61,788 2023
Community Chest Of Cicero IL$173,650 Executive Di $27,000 $23,547 2024
Mental Health America Of VA$201,815 Executive Di $72,846 $62,395 2024
High Plains Community Development NE$170,051 Executive Di $54,326 $51,833 2024
Northern Pine Riders MN$167,631 President $2,200 $1,985 2023
Adpi Properties Inc GA$207,123 Executive Director $24,687 $22,020 2024
Crow Wing County Victim Services MN$208,111 Executive Director $105,545 $92,515 2024
Literacy Council Of Southwestern Pa PA$165,913 Executive Di $70,700 $62,544 2024
Start Up Kids Club TX$209,565 Executive Di $62,370 $55,346 2024
Midlands Mediation Center SC$162,078 Executive Director $38,958 $37,119 2023
Texas Lions Foundation Inc TX$213,303 Chief Operation $18,000 $15,973 2024
Law Foundation Of Berks County PA$215,296 Executive Director $25,151 $22,249 2024
Dade City Rod And Gun Club Inc FL$155,917 President $2,700 $2,250 2024
Institute For Public Leadership NE$227,033 Executive Director $85,000 $79,009 2025
Westside Regional Medical Staff Inc FL$145,365 Chief Of Staff $1,000 $833 2024
House Of Compassion IA$229,933 Executive Director $51,000 $51,000 2023
Working Men Of Christ Inc KS$240,294 Executive Director $42,000 $40,251 2024
Mt Juliet Help Center TN$243,235 Director $44,233 $41,245 2024
Chap Corporation MN$129,847 Vice President $12,000 $10,519 2024
San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation CA$245,585 Executive Dir. $12,438 $9,527 2024
Rochester Rotary Club NY$246,305 Executive Director $9,493 $7,413 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Aaron Dorr) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.