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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walled Lake Central Music Boosters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383460627
MI · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas Henning, Executive Director / CEO ($8,930) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 488 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Thomas Henning — 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

488 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 488 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,081 total compensation of comparable organizations → $447,008 $8,930
$15,64110th
$43,23425th
$65,116Median
$96,16075th
$119,85690th
$8,930This org · 6th
p10$15,641
p25$43,234
p50$65,116
p75$96,160
p90$119,856
$8,930

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
Wooden Fish Parents First OR$462,267 Executive Di $9,880 $9,394 2023
Jose Valdes Math Foundation CA$463,096 Executive Director $105,000 $90,166 2024
Hannah Project Partnership For Academic Achievement CA$463,193 Execurive Director $78,000 $68,959 2023
New York City Tourism Foundation Inc NY$461,770 President $102,700 $95,015 2023
Hospitality Mn Education Foundation MN$460,805 President/ceo $10,947 $10,757 2024
Improving Schools Inc DE$464,496 President $199,838 $194,590 2024
Summer On The Hill Inc NY$464,509 Executive Dir. $86,848 $80,349 2023
Natural Womanhood TX$464,768 President & Ceo $107,459 $106,898 2024
Native Pride (Preventionrsrch NM$459,522 Chief Execut $55,506 $59,370 2024
Mt Gilead Camp And PA$459,399 Executive Di $60,000 $59,503 2024
Cecilia Place Homes Inc CA$465,859 President $34,547 $29,666 2024
Futuresnw WA$458,847 Executive Director Of Programs $62,500 $57,291 2023
Youthtank Inc MI$458,774 Executive Di $42,800 $43,932 2024
Hacker Dojo CA$466,493 Executive Director $100,000 $85,873 2024
Erudite Russian Language Educational And Cultural Center Inc VA$457,817 President, Director $40,500 $40,036 2023
Leadachild Society KS$457,169 Executive Director $121,251 $130,267 2024
Long Beach City College Auxiliary Inc CA$456,103 Director Bss $176,912 $156,406 2023
Routt County Riders CO$455,653 Executive Dir. $79,660 $75,962 2024
Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & MS$455,622 President $46,848 $51,889 2024
Divas For Social Justice Inc NY$469,867 Founder And Executive Director $79,075 $69,227 2025
Camp Amnicon Foundation WI$470,392 Director $41,688 $43,297 2024
Homework House Inc MA$454,620 Executive Dir. $66,590 $61,266 2023
Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation MA$454,091 Officer President $68,269 $61,008 2024
Amhe Incorporated NY$471,143 Executive Director $34,440 $30,949 2024
Partners In Academics & Therapeutic VA$452,399 President $7,725 $7,417 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 2025 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Thomas Henning) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 488 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,930 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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 13, 2026.