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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Evansville Trails Coalition Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271556835
IN · NTEE N30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lorie A Van Hook, Executive Director / CEO ($62,054) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lorie A Van Hook — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,291 total compensation of comparable organizations → $107,078 $62,054
$8,06910th
$19,31125th
$54,796Median
$68,38175th
$83,11590th
$62,054This org · 64th
p10$8,069
p25$19,311
p50$54,796
p75$68,381
p90$83,115
$62,054

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 IN 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
River City Inclusive Gymnastics Inc VA$383,241 Ceo $53,586 $50,512 2023
Friends Of The Forest Hills Park Association MI$390,268 Campaign Director $8,325 $8,389 2023
Slippery Rock Area Parks And Recreation PA$378,640 Director $46,722 $45,487 2023
Move Inclusive Dance TN$372,440 Executive Director $65,000 $64,789 2024
Bloom Fitness Corporation TX$401,207 Executive Director $8,000 $7,588 2024
Nosotros Rock Climbing Gym OH$359,884 Executive Director $64,928 $69,889 2022
East Side Youth Center Inc PA$410,473 Director $15,000 $14,604 2023
Friends Of Community Fitness ME$356,036 Executive Director $77,606 $71,791 2025
Inclusively Fit Foundation MI$416,344 Exec Directo $72,800 $71,254 2024
Alabama Recreation & Parks Assoc Inc AL$350,398 Executive Director $59,400 $60,852 2024
Southern Off-road Bicycle Association GA$349,267 Executive Director $65,000 $61,975 2024
Pikeride Inc CO$422,227 Executive Director $90,598 $82,378 2024
Nile Swim Club Of Yeadon PA$423,223 Board Member $3,407 $3,317 2023
Pacific Northwest Parkour Association OR$342,633 Executive Director $40,873 $35,993 2024
Tri Yoga International CA$429,524 President $42,000 $33,504 2025
I Dance Adaptive Performing Arts OH$454,111 President/di $106,613 $107,078 2024
United States Secret Service Employee DC$454,961 Executive Director $4,474 $3,833 2023
Teton Rock Gym Inc ID$314,684 Executive Di $62,140 $62,684 2024
Fayette Area Lions Den Inc PA$309,971 Executive Director $45,311 $42,848 2024
A Carousel For Missoula MT$305,508 Executive Di $56,632 $59,598 2023
Girls On The Run Central Virginia VA$305,047 Executive Director $28,216 $25,834 2024
Southern Off Road Bicycle NC$467,008 Executive Di $59,800 $58,593 2024
Prospect Mountain Association Inc VT$473,412 Director $61,464 $58,664 2024
Indiana Park And Recreation Association IN$474,097 Executive Director $101,376 $104,370 2023
Cape Community Arena Group ME$293,067 Board Member $1,360 $1,291 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Lorie A Van Hook) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,054 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.