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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aurora Firefighters Credit Union

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 362491990
IL · NTEE W61
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Conni Fancsali, Executive Director / CEO ($14,130) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 168 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Conni Fancsali — reported title “Head Teller”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

168 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 168 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$52 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,623 $14,130
$4,08510th
$12,39725th
$26,899Median
$52,93775th
$88,39990th
$14,130This org · 27th
p10$4,085
p25$12,397
p50$26,899
p75$52,937
p90$88,399
$14,130

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
Semper Fi Flo Foundation MN$143,143 Executive Director $54,000 $52,875 2025
Acworth & Kennesaw Post 5408 Veterans Of Foreign W GA$142,715 Adjutant $50 $52 2023
Wa State Dept Of Transportation WA$144,676 Executive Di $18,000 $16,877 2023
Montana Family Foundation Inc MT$141,786 President/ Ceo $30,291 $34,194 2023
Valhalla Veterans Services PA$144,845 Executive Director $24,000 $24,345 2024
Mettler Valley Mutual Water Co Inc CA$145,149 Secretary $16,838 $15,226 2023
The Registration Project Inc DC$141,445 Director/treasurer $3,400 $3,035 2024
Lions Foundation Of Victoria MN$145,476 Gambling Manager $16,000 $16,081 2024
Blessing The Children International MI$145,936 President $48,000 $50,395 2024
The Merc Playhouse Society WA$146,097 Former Executive Director $30,000 $27,320 2024
American Legion Post 401 OH$140,179 1st Vice Com $4,000 $4,436 2023
American Legion Post 169 Inc MI$139,586 Commander, Finance Officer $2,100 $2,270 2023
White Oak Shores Sewer Service Corporation TX$147,166 Secretary/treasurer $7,770 $7,906 2024
The Windrose Project Inc CA$147,341 Director/exe $52,000 $47,022 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United States Inc NY$147,445 Bartender/janitorial $17,972 $16,519 2024
American Legion NY$147,565 Commander $15,995 $14,323 2025
Challenge America CO$138,619 Founder & Ce $22,917 $23,012 2023
Nebraska Human Resources Research NE$148,321 Executive Director $22,824 $25,707 2023
American Water Works Association MO$137,722 Former Executive Director $16,042 $17,793 2023
Tioga American Legion Post 139 ND$137,632 Finance Officer / Gaming Manager $21,500 $23,999 2024
Aliquippa Economic Development Corporation PA$137,369 Executive Director $78,000 $81,457 2023
Operation Barnabas Inc FL$149,300 Ceo $24,000 $23,611 2023
Wisconsin Vfw Foundation Inc WI$136,914 Director $4,684 $4,976 2024
American Liberty Foundation WI$150,000 Treasurer $5,200 $5,688 2023
Northwest Wisconsin Business Development WI$150,039 Fiscal Manager $44,333 $47,095 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 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 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Conni Fancsali) 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 168 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,130 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.