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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 371412313
IL · NTEE A80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Casey Claypool, Executive Director / CEO ($76,320) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,416 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,449 $76,320
$18,21910th
$40,88825th
$71,224Median
$86,67975th
$110,74290th
$76,320This org · 56th
p10$18,219
p25$40,888
p50$71,224
p75$86,679
p90$110,742
$76,320

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
Artist-blacksmiths Association Of North America Inc PA$469,380 Executive Dir. $50,000 $50,718 2024
The Jewish History Museum AZ$467,662 Executive Di $108,179 $108,950 2023
Burlington Riverfront Entertainment IA$470,557 Executive Di $25,737 $28,664 2024
The L'enfant Trust DC$463,048 President And Secretary $135,200 $120,679 2024
Florida Keys History And Discovery FL$475,636 Executive Director $85,833 $84,441 2023
Early Ford V-8 Foundation Inc IN$460,035 Secretary $78,040 $86,184 2023
Saratoga Springs NY$477,476 Chief Executive Officer $11,723 $10,775 2024
International Society Daughters Of Utah Pioneers UT$478,823 Treasurer $4,500 $4,685 2024
Dunwoody Preservation Trust Inc GA$478,948 Executive Director $50,000 $52,648 2023
Florida Agricultural Museum Inc FL$457,704 Executive Dir. $56,000 $55,092 2023
Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance PA$456,529 Executive Director $172,849 $180,509 2023
Nototomne Cultural Preservation CA$453,691 President $26,000 $22,837 2024
Getty House Foundation CA$451,733 Executive Director $61,780 $54,263 2024
Information Age Learning Center NJ$448,553 Ceo $34,452 $31,288 2024
Civil War Trails Inc VA$493,204 Executive Director $88,192 $86,616 2024
Friends Of The Chennault Aviation & LA$440,956 Director $43,680 $50,368 2023
Honor And Remember Inc VA$436,643 Chairman $87,000 $87,969 2023
Friends Of Moorefields NC$436,170 Executive Director $7,000 $7,357 2024
The Antique And Classic Boat NY$507,153 Executive Director $106,792 $98,157 2024
Washington County Historical PA$426,056 Executive Di $45,169 $45,818 2024
Summerville Dream Inc SC$513,446 Executive Director $70,000 $74,281 2024
The Adam Leventhal Memorial School And CA$422,992 Executive Director $64,780 $58,578 2023
North-south Skirmish Association Inc VA$419,866 Property Manager $60,991 $61,671 2023
Johnston Farm Friends Council OH$517,624 Site Manager $78,462 $84,530 2024
Theodore Roosevelt Association NY$418,767 Ceo $66,000 $60,664 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Casey Claypool) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,320 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.