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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Michigan Seniors Golf Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 386072086
MI · NTEE N6A
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Frederick M Adams Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($52,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Frederick M Adams Jr — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$765 total compensation of comparable organizations → $93,757 $52,500
$96210th
$8,10225th
$36,405Median
$55,89875th
$72,23090th
$52,500This org · 71st
p10$962
p25$8,102
p50$36,405
p75$55,898
p90$72,230
$52,500

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
Caddies For Kids TX$209,160 President $51,240 $49,659 2024
Aspen Junior Golf Foundation Inc CO$202,585 Executive Dir $53,442 $49,647 2024
Monterey Peninsula Junior Golf CA$220,634 Executive Director $17,395 $14,552 2024
Mississippi Seniors Golf Association LA$220,785 President $800 $853 2024
North East Florida Senior Golf Association Inc FL$222,750 President $840 $765 2024
Lcc Recreation Association Inc VA$193,905 General Manage $28,000 $25,517 2025
Sweetwater Country Club Inc ND$230,540 President $7,620 $8,102 2024
Southwest Seniors Golf Association AZ$172,196 President (Fall 2022 To Present) $6,500 $6,235 2023
William Flynn Foundation PA$248,820 President $37,680 $36,405 2024
Scott Robertson Memorial Junior Golf VA$256,195 Executive Director $70,168 $67,578 2023
Indian River Golf Foundation Inc FL$259,120 President $46,000 $41,867 2024
Haskins Foundation Inc GA$261,222 Executive Director $96,245 $93,757 2024
Inland Northwest Golf Foundation WA$156,364 Executive Administrator $85,000 $75,907 2023
Bluegrass Golf Foundation Inc KY$268,992 Executive Director $55,849 $59,850 2023
Youth Golf Of Howard County Inc MD$272,092 Executive Director $4,000 $3,623 2024
San Joaquin Junior Golf Foundation CA$274,698 Executive Director $37,500 $32,299 2023
Usa Golf Federation Inc FL$275,000 Executive Director $40,083 $37,559 2023
Gregory Golf And Recreation SD$143,615 Treasurer $900 $962 2024
Kids Golf Foundation Of Illinois IL$296,524 Fund Manager $73,658 $72,230 2023
The Touchstone Golf Foundation CA$297,465 Treasurer/executive Direct $20,587 $17,223 2024
East Bay Golf Foundation CA$298,522 Executive Director $64,899 $55,898 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Frederick M Adams Jr) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N6A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,500 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.