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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Celtic Soccer Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320439946
PA · NTEE N64
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Owen Griffith, Executive Director / CEO ($16,004) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 134 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Owen Griffith — reported title “FORMER BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

134 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 134 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$219 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,923 $16,004
$2,32010th
$5,84725th
$17,080Median
$41,33075th
$67,01790th
$16,004This org · 48th
p10$2,320
p25$5,847
p50$17,080
p75$41,330
p90$67,017
$16,004

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 PA 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
Elkhart Flames Soccer Club Inc IN$263,360 Registrar $2,684 $2,838 2023
Revere Fc Inc MA$263,317 President $40,000 $34,108 2025
Cullman United Soccer Club AL$263,127 Coaching $34,448 $37,319 2023
Rovers Soccer Organization Inc CA$262,540 President $6,400 $5,382 2024
Northeast United Premier Sc CT$268,710 President $5,000 $4,448 2025
Girls Soccer Worldwide CA$257,769 President $65,000 $56,283 2023
Team 90 Inc CA$257,249 President $61,300 $50,228 2025
Lfc Western Maryland Inc MD$256,859 President $55,769 $52,283 2023
Elk Grove United Soccer Club CA$270,364 President $75,482 $63,484 2024
Kick2build Organization CO$256,682 Ceo And Founder $43,000 $40,160 2024
Hingham Youth Soccer Inc MA$255,905 Registrar And League Manag $30,000 $26,257 2024
Goals For Girls Inc DC$255,492 Executive Dir. $93,235 $79,690 2024
Soccer Club Of Oak Ridge Inc TN$254,945 President $1,000 $997 2025
The Soccer Club Of Guilford Inc CT$272,308 Director Of Programming $14,000 $12,785 2024
Psv Union Fc CA$273,925 Secretary $102,500 $88,754 2023
Milan Usa Academy CA$274,844 President $16,000 $13,457 2024
Bysa Inc NJ$275,225 Chairman/treasurer $13,903 $12,090 2024
United Philly Soccer Inc PA$275,824 Vice President $1,000 $971 2024
Central Arkansas Soccer Club AR$278,895 Rec Director $7,300 $7,993 2024
Reading United Soccer Club Inc MA$279,634 President $11,925 $10,438 2024
Mesa Soccer Association Inc CA$279,985 Treasurer $2,000 $1,682 2024
Soccer Kids Of America CA$245,458 Ceo $87,000 $73,172 2024
Nw Iowa Soccer Alliance IA$282,867 Director $30,688 $33,695 2023
San Diego California Soccer League CA$283,155 President $18,000 $14,749 2025
South Bay Youth Soccer Inc CA$243,136 President $90,000 $75,695 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Owen Griffith) 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 134 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N64), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,004 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.