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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of Van Wert County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 340891893
OH · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Bultemeier, Executive Director / CEO ($65,063) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 129 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ashley Bultemeier — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

129 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 129 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $261,472 $65,063
$37,49910th
$50,39325th
$65,425Median
$80,03975th
$99,24990th
$65,063This org · 47th
p10$37,499
p25$50,393
p50$65,425
p75$80,039
p90$99,249
$65,063

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 OH 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
Wallingford Community Senior Center WA$498,477 Executive Director $89,260 $77,448 2024
Prairieland United Way Inc IL$496,776 Secretary $68,532 $65,295 2024
Fort Wayne Jewish Federation Inc IN$501,168 Executive Di $40,192 $40,018 2025
United Way Of Central Arkansas Inc AR$495,048 Executive Director $74,888 $83,989 2023
United Way Of Wapello County Inc IA$503,141 Exective Dir $67,454 $71,578 2024
The Settlement Club Endowment Fund TX$492,698 Executive Director $12,502 $12,120 2024
United Way Of Trumbull County OH$492,572 President & $54,808 $56,258 2024
United Way Of Naugatuck CT$492,043 Executive Director $60,866 $55,307 2024
United Way Of New York State NY$490,458 President $76,216 $66,745 2024
United Way Of Southeast Alaska AK$508,903 President/ce $81,932 $78,155 2023
The Learning Funhouse Inc MN$482,289 Director $44,570 $43,942 2023
The Cancer Challenge AR$481,450 Executive Director $83,200 $93,311 2023
United Way Of Posey County Inc IN$472,153 Executive Director $64,260 $67,614 2023
Colorado Conservatory For The Jazz Arts CO$527,046 Executive Dir. $8,347 $7,557 2025
Williamstown Community Chest MA$469,594 Executive Di $46,644 $40,621 2024
Norfolk Area United Way Inc NE$529,080 Executive Di $50,400 $52,535 2024
White Bear Lake Senior Housing Inc MN$467,454 President & Ceo $41,871 $40,096 2024
Bike Box Project NC$467,046 Ceo $14,875 $14,896 2024
United Way Of Toombs & Montgomery GA$534,462 Executive Di $69,513 $69,738 2023
Wyoming County United Way Inc PA$462,041 Executive Director $69,397 $69,050 2023
United Way Of Ashtabula County OH$536,908 Executive Director $71,325 $75,375 2023
Washington County Farm Bureau IL$538,797 President $1,417 $1,315 2025
Charge Syndrome Foundation IL$539,340 Executive Director $135,196 $128,811 2024
Red River Community Housing Development ND$457,148 Executive Director $93,285 $99,211 2024
United Way Of Oconee County Inc SC$540,599 Ceo $111,516 $112,748 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2025 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 OH 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Ashley Bultemeier) 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 129 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,063 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.