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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Collegiate League

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271649324
CA · NTEE N023
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aaron Milam, Executive Director / CEO ($11,225) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1345 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Aaron Milam — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,345 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,345 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$63 total compensation of comparable organizations → $369,056 $11,225
$5,42010th
$16,24925th
$46,625Median
$78,63375th
$105,94390th
$11,225This org · 19th
p10$5,420
p25$16,249
p50$46,625
p75$78,633
p90$105,943
$11,225

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 CA 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
The Cedar Bluff Farragut Optimist Youth TN$382,607 Vice President $4,800 $5,843 2024
Frederick Area Swim Team Inc MD$382,688 President $2,943 $3,281 2023
Lake Washington Premier Football WA$382,712 Executive Di $110,000 $114,052 2024
Wabash Valley Family Sports Center Inc IN$382,782 Executive Director $53,000 $66,638 2023
Camp Hobe Inc UT$382,844 President $33,582 $39,804 2024
Burr Ridge Willowbrook Girls Softball IL$382,905 Director $10,008 $11,394 2024
River City Inclusive Gymnastics Inc VA$383,241 Ceo $53,586 $61,688 2023
Tennessee Heat Basketball TN$383,376 Secretary $7,675 $9,619 2023
Inclusive Sports And Fitness Inc NY$381,526 Coo $50,000 $52,323 2024
Kentucky West Virginia Alliance Of KY$384,039 Executive Director $170,493 $212,127 2024
Altitude Youth Ultimate CO$380,637 Treasurer $27,000 $30,868 2023
New Jersey Bicycle Coalition Inc Dba NJ$380,571 Executive Director $104,280 $107,823 2024
Little Rock Juniors Volleyball Club AR$380,258 Club Directo $20,360 $25,820 2025
The New Way Circus Center Inc NY$380,251 Executive Director $146,900 $158,267 2023
Swift Aquatics Llc IL$380,135 Officer $76,346 $89,489 2023
Prairie View Christian Camp KS$384,975 Director $40,020 $51,548 2023
Three Gaits Inc WI$385,023 Executive Director Thru November $35,440 $44,129 2023
Simpson Mid-town PA$385,032 President/ceo $15,859 $18,315 2024
Tip Of The Mitt Junior Golf Association MI$385,067 Executive Director $92,643 $110,739 2024
Evansville Trails Coalition Inc IN$385,067 Executive Director $62,054 $75,784 2024
Torch Sports Inc CA$379,967 President $94,952 $94,952 2024
Harlem Valley Rail Trail Associatio NY$385,167 Executive Di $48,750 $52,522 2023
Weston Soccer Club Inc CT$379,745 Registrar Director $10,000 $10,858 2024
New England Sports Complex Inc NH$379,725 General Manager And Director $172,632 $190,052 2023
Suburban Girls Softball OH$385,447 Vice President Treasurer $1,500 $1,840 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 Milam) 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 1345 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $11,225 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.