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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Huron Forest Camp Cedarridge Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 381818033
MI · NTEE N20Z
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Rauch, Executive Director / CEO ($49,190) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Rauch — reported title “Executive Camp Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$559 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,883 $49,190
$4,02010th
$15,22825th
$39,378Median
$56,95175th
$77,42390th
$49,190This org · 62nd
p10$4,020
p25$15,228
p50$39,378
p75$56,951
p90$77,423
$49,190

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
Rocky Mountain Ministries Inc WY$282,019 Chairman $55,000 $57,059 2024
Friends Of Wabun CT$280,796 Executive Director $80,000 $72,671 2024
Camp O Bannon Of Licking County Inc OH$285,042 Executive Director $39,168 $41,379 2023
Old Reliable Germantown Fair Inc KY$285,513 Treasurer $1,800 $1,826 2025
Original Design SC$288,390 Executive Director $59,000 $59,633 2024
Camp Tuckabatchee Inc IL$289,205 Executive Director $60,000 $57,149 2024
Carry On Foundation UT$289,920 Executive Di $22,250 $22,714 2023
Central New York Baptist Youth Camp Inc NY$290,010 Executive Director $58,791 $51,469 2024
Living Waters Ministries Inc NY$290,063 President $45,000 $40,559 2023
Why Not Now Inc IL$290,721 Executive Director $57,115 $54,401 2024
Pine Grove Fish & Game Protective Assoc PA$291,581 President $1,171 $1,131 2024
Woods & Water Christian Retreat Inc OH$293,911 Executive Di $60,859 $62,450 2024
Nami Lehigh Valley PA$295,595 Executive Director $59,922 $59,604 2023
Barton County Club Inc KS$267,097 Secretary $10,829 $11,334 2024
Recreation Unlimited CA$297,394 President $74,025 $61,929 2024
Florida Citrus Sports Foundation Inc FL$265,358 Chief Executive Officer $44,985 $40,943 2024
Johnson City Firefighters TN$265,352 President $3,900 $3,972 2024
Barnyball WA$300,057 President $74,350 $66,396 2023
The Handicapped Children's Camp For NY$262,959 Secretary $10,000 $8,755 2024
Healing Farm Ministries SC$301,409 Executive Di $63,302 $63,981 2024
Northern Lights Figure Skating Club Inc MN$304,434 Treasurer $599 $559 2025
Lakeview Farms Mission MI$258,859 President $55,000 $56,625 2023
Camp Opportunity Incorporated MD$305,621 Executive Director $110,000 $99,635 2024
Feliciana Retreat And Conference Center Inc LA$305,864 Executive Director $73,679 $78,602 2024
Central Oak Heights Association PA$306,112 Former Treasurer $1,400 $1,392 2023

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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Michael Rauch) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,190 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.