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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Harbor Springs Ram Boosters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 371844078
MI · NTEE B11
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Abby Urman, Executive Director / CEO ($3,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 111 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

111 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 111 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$423 total compensation of comparable organizations → $201,964 $3,600
$5,99810th
$15,48425th
$26,158Median
$51,44775th
$82,92190th
$3,600This org · 4th
p10$5,998
p25$15,484
p50$26,158
p75$51,447
p90$82,921
$3,600

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 MI 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
Microenterprise Collaborative CA$187,555 Executive Dir. $106,411 $91,652 2023
Chico Cheer All Stars Inc CA$184,735 Director And President $30,000 $25,098 2024
Lee County Education Foundation NC$184,531 Executive Director $4,500 $4,638 2023
Concordia Lutheran Schools Of Omaha NE$183,176 President $67,643 $72,568 2023
Winchester Education Foundation Inc VA$181,748 Executive Director $14,394 $13,862 2023
St Charles City County Library MO$180,821 Library Foundation Directo $17,144 $17,592 2024
Heritage Mission Foundation Inc IN$192,847 Secretary $23,800 $24,316 2024
Mike Steele Foundation For Communities In Schools TX$180,023 President & Ceo $8,035 $7,787 2024
La Vega Pirates Education Foundation TX$194,234 Executive Director $10,000 $9,691 2024
Savannah Classical Academy GA$179,227 Executive Di $110,557 $110,880 2023
Argyle Education Foundation TX$197,529 Aef Director $77,120 $74,740 2024
Clark-pleasant Education Foundation IN$197,871 Executive Di $19,100 $19,514 2024
Vanguard School Foundation Inc FL$198,554 Head Of School $18,159 $17,015 2023
Bfb Foundation Inc NC$199,887 Executive Director (Ended 5/2023) $18,750 $19,325 2023
Friends Of Upland Choral Music CA$172,068 Treasurer $7,200 $5,868 2025
The Citadel Real Estate Foundation SC$201,708 Executive Director $122,625 $127,602 2023
Whitefish School District Education Foundation MT$202,027 Executive Director $22,917 $23,933 2024
Eccs Building Company MN$170,500 Chair $17,689 $17,434 2023
Lancaster-lebanon Education Foundat PA$168,501 Exec Dir At $92,968 $89,821 2024
Marine Military Academy Foundation TX$168,034 President $67,778 $65,686 2024
Westerville South Athletic Boosters OH$167,335 Concession C $6,000 $5,998 2025
Flt Holding Inc OK$165,816 President $5,608 $6,160 2023
Putnam Education Partnership Foundation TN$208,115 Director $23,200 $23,626 2024
University Of Northern California CA$165,491 President $30,000 $25,839 2023
Santa Rosa Academy Foundation CA$165,173 President $53,021 $44,357 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Abby Urman) 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 111 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,600 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.