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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383467972
MI · NTEE C20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clare F Fastiggi, Executive Director / CEO ($20,508) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Clare F Fastiggi — reported title “INTERIM EXEC”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,127 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,023 $20,508
$14,04610th
$30,78425th
$56,372Median
$76,13875th
$95,86890th
$20,508This org · 19th
p10$14,046
p25$30,784
p50$56,372
p75$76,138
p90$95,868
$20,508

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
Babb Creek Watershed Association PA$342,759 Director $14,400 $13,913 2024
Clean Air Coalition Of Western NY$338,710 Executive Dir. $64,223 $56,225 2024
Alliance For Nuclear Responsibility CA$337,058 Executive Director $22,770 $19,612 2023
Pacific Sound Resources Environmental WA$336,662 Trustee $2,382 $2,127 2023
Western Pa Coalition For Abandoned PA$330,871 Executive Di $73,442 $73,052 2023
Oregon Physicians For Social OR$358,036 Executive Dire $61,270 $55,125 2024
Neighbors For Clean Air OR$372,899 Co-executive Director $67,059 $60,334 2024
Sustainable Woodstock Inc VT$314,084 Executive Director $51,433 $50,155 2024
Champaign County Environmental Stewards IL$313,037 Executive Director $12,490 $11,896 2024
Orleans Land Restoration Corporation NY$303,646 C.e.o./c.f.o. $23,698 $20,747 2024
Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action CA$396,132 Interim Ed $76,000 $63,581 2024
Friends Of Bayou Lafourche Inc LA$290,045 Executive Director $51,458 $56,518 2023
Sustainable Learning Inc NY$404,621 Executive Director $44,100 $38,608 2024
Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency Inc OK$277,875 Executive Director $4,917 $5,246 2024
Santa Fe Watershed Association NM$412,814 Executive Di $50,195 $53,850 2023
Bikeventura CA$272,422 Director $43,108 $36,064 2024
Greater Indiana Clean Cities Inc IN$270,798 Exec Director $77,426 $81,442 2023
Guadalupe-blanco River Trust TX$427,195 Executive Director $33,000 $31,981 2024
Community Climate Solutions CA$257,065 President And Program Manager $89,625 $73,047 2025
San Bruno Mountain Watch CA$256,427 Executive Dir. $85,293 $71,355 2024
Tejas Roadrunners Non Profit TX$247,008 Director $28,058 $27,192 2024
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center Inc MT$242,672 Executive Director $120,000 $129,023 2023
Material Innovation Institute CA$231,821 Chief Executive Officer (Thru July) $82,609 $69,110 2024
Charge Across Town CA$456,411 Executive Dir. $95,833 $80,173 2024
Friends Of The Kaw Inc KS$457,690 Executive Di $78,700 $82,373 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Clare F Fastiggi) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,508 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.