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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fond Du Lac Festivals Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391387857
WI · NTEE T50
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Peter Wilke, Executive Director / CEO ($79,325) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Peter Wilke — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,267 total compensation of comparable organizations → $393,685 $79,325
$16,95310th
$30,97325th
$62,703Median
$95,66775th
$127,17490th
$79,325This org · 64th
p10$16,953
p25$30,973
p50$62,703
p75$95,667
p90$127,174
$79,325

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 WI 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
Hadassah's Hope Inc FL$466,864 Ceo $65,000 $58,469 2024
Childrens Advocacy Center Of AR$465,673 Executive Dir. $55,681 $59,929 2024
Slingshot Fund Inc NY$470,772 Executive Director $253,897 $219,682 2024
Raisedby Us Inc NY$463,543 Executive Director $179,580 $159,969 2023
Social Venture Partners Charlotte Inc NC$475,506 Executive Dir. $93,000 $92,012 2024
True Freedom Enterprises OH$457,594 President $65,526 $66,454 2024
Armenia Fund Inc CA$477,839 Executive Director $125,670 $106,976 2023
The Salvage Yard Inc TX$455,686 President $72,000 $71,000 2023
Soundcheck Prevention Network NC$455,375 Executive Di $96,200 $95,178 2024
High Impact Athletes Inc DE$480,243 Founder & Executive Direct $63,298 $59,346 2024
Salt Ventures Nfp IL$481,688 President $17,500 $16,474 2024
Fostering Community LA$483,465 Director $64,000 $69,472 2023
Cleveland Social Venture Partners OH$485,267 Executive Director $135,518 $137,437 2024
Altar Fly Fishing IL$445,834 President $107,500 $104,184 2023
Treasury Institute For KY$497,576 Co-exec Dire $30,000 $31,773 2023
Fundacion Para El Futuro De La Salud Inc PR$500,000 Executive $28,462 $28,462 2024
Planting Seeds International IL$432,813 Executive Director $30,165 $28,396 2024
Eugene And Jeanne Savage Scholarship Fund MD$431,246 Trustee $14,412 $12,902 2024
Ohio Coalition On Black Civic Participation OH$429,183 President And Treasurer - Board Member $31,000 $31,439 2024
Jewish Charity Review Inc NJ$424,877 Treasurer $22,320 $19,645 2023
Manhattan Community Health Foundation KS$424,828 Executive Director $14,568 $15,070 2024
Kyiv Mohyla Foundation Of America IL$424,013 President $60,000 $56,481 2024
100 Humanitarians International UT$418,726 Programs Director $10,533 $10,322 2024
Life Santa UT$416,897 Executive Director $22,000 $21,560 2024
Charity For Change Inc FL$519,984 President $90,000 $83,347 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Peter Wilke) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $79,325 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.