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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American College Of Sports Medicine

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311096390
IN · NTEE B54I
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristin Belleson, Executive Director / CEO ($20,396) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 574 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kristin Belleson — reported title “CEO & SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

574 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 574 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $406,438 $20,396
$4,40610th
$12,05925th
$27,606Median
$49,74875th
$73,40190th
$20,396This org · 38th
p10$4,406
p25$12,059
p50$27,606
p75$49,748
p90$73,401
$20,396

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
Totally Local Vc Agricultural Education Foundation CA$106,012 President, Treasurer, Director $19,000 $15,111 2024
Bucyrus Redmen Athletic Boosters OH$105,936 Vice Preside $4,000 $3,902 2024
The Education Policy And Leadership Center PA$105,933 Executive Director $15,000 $13,778 2024
Pope John Xxiii Endowment Fund Inc NJ$105,895 Executive Director $49,255 $41,702 2023
Osu Animal Science Alumni Association OK$105,770 Executive Secretary $12,000 $12,171 2024
Troup County College & Career GA$106,354 Ceo $137,034 $130,657 2023
Vermillion Bend Academy LA$106,432 Director $7,608 $7,716 2024
Mission Starfish Haiti IA$106,507 Director $36,000 $37,378 2023
Quad County African American IL$106,597 Chairman $9,000 $8,390 2023
Teachmeducation Group Inc NY$106,707 Executive Di $38,542 $32,078 2024
New Horizon Academy For Exceptional Studentsinc FL$106,713 President $28,206 $25,127 2023
North Dakota Farm Bureau Foundation ND$105,298 Sec-treas/executive Vp/ceo $69,187 $69,933 2024
The Sumner G Rand Jr Foundation FL$106,782 President $87,076 $73,402 2025
National Best Practices Conference Inc TX$106,980 Executive Director $45,500 $41,922 2024
Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance VA$105,000 Director $28,000 $24,901 2024
The Human Potential Center TX$107,137 Executive Director $4,244 $4,026 2023
Southern Connecticut Chinese School Inc CT$104,753 Principal $4,800 $4,145 2024
Project Implicit Inc MA$104,552 Executive Director $111,038 $89,535 2025
National Policy Board Of Educactional Administrati VA$104,507 Executive Director $51,400 $45,711 2024
Porter Memorial Library Association ME$104,415 Library Director $35,568 $33,773 2023
Greater Madison Chamber Of Commerce WI$107,750 President $26,461 $25,454 2024
Foundation For Independence Through SC$107,755 Director $64,775 $64,080 2023
Ghes Building Company MN$107,956 Board Chair $5,654 $5,298 2023
Oelc At Kennedy Qalicb NE$108,000 Educare Of Omaha Executive Director $15,345 $15,202 2024
National Association Of College OH$103,998 Senior Director Of Finance & Administration $18,379 $17,930 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 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 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Kristin Belleson) 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 574 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,396 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.