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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Metals Service Center Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341270863
IL · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of M Robert Weidner Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($24,280) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: M Robert Weidner Iii — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$439 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,129 $24,280
$5,68210th
$11,13325th
$43,864Median
$58,13375th
$74,35990th
$24,280This org · 40th
p10$5,682
p25$11,133
p50$43,864
p75$58,133
p90$74,359
$24,280

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 IL 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
Foundation For Rush Inc MS$5,735 Ceo - Ochsner Rush Health $54,090 $61,277 2023
The Avj Foundation TX$5,497 Secretary $14,130 $13,965 2024
478 Building Corporation Inc LA$6,295 President $30,667 $33,363 2024
Posada Life Holdings Inc AZ$6,512 President/ceo $49,766 $47,286 2024
Edc Strategic Initiatives Fund MO$4,935 President & Ceo $48,434 $50,682 2024
Charlotterising MI$6,798 Executive Director $58,235 $59,386 2024
Fond Du Lac Area Real Estate And WI$7,181 Exec Dir Unt $9,671 $9,979 2024
Opportunities Inc VT$4,312 President $10,234 $10,177 2024
Hrdc Griffin Place Holding Corportation MT$4,288 President $11,352 $12,089 2024
Harmony Lodge 17 Faam DC$7,511 Secretary $3,249 $2,817 2024
Jump Shot Land Corporation GA$7,549 President $57,258 $56,880 2024
Southeast Regional Development Corp TN$7,815 Director $80,000 $83,081 2024
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation TX$7,888 President & Ceo $44,383 $43,864 2024
Buckman Trailblazers Snowmobile Club Inc MN$8,279 President $450 $439 2024
Digital Enterprise Society OH$8,595 Operations Manager $107,153 $112,129 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (M Robert Weidner Iii) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,280 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.