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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Dane Senior Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391691930
WI · NTEE P81Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paulette Glunn, Executive Director / CEO ($102,018) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 152 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

152 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 152 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,240 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,361 $102,018
$25,22210th
$37,53525th
$49,590Median
$64,91275th
$76,08090th
$102,018This org · 97th
p10$25,222
p25$37,535
p50$49,590
p75$64,912
p90$76,080
$102,018

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Story City Senior Citizens IncIA $377,695$71,760 990
55 Kip Center-rutherford Senior CenterNJ $375,925$76,087 990
Winn Council On Aging IncLA $375,503$49,316 990
Edward King House Senior Center IncRI $371,571$56,314 990
Shoshoni Senior Citizens IncWY $369,888$43,526 990
Bristol Township Senior CenterPA $389,884$62,003 990
Oregon Senior Citizens Center IncOH $365,280$59,409 990
Rise Collaborative IncDC $364,769$17,893 990
The Emmaus Calling IncTX $362,807$151,361 990
Healthcare And Elder Law ProgramsCA $393,683$91,553 990
Johnson County Senior Services IncIN $361,997$133,645 990
Project EzraNY $361,441$45,197 990
Korean American Senior CitizensNJ $361,388$19,929 990
Ashtabula County Council On Aging IncOH $395,081$39,552 990
Yarnell Regional Community CenterAZ $395,786$34,067 990
Alleghany County Council On AgingNC $395,931$46,064 990
Lake Gogebic Senior Citizens ClubMI $397,111$41,654 990
The Shepherd's Center Of Northern VirginiaVA $397,861$86,096 990
Senior Citizen's Activity CenterTX $357,354$40,086 990
Parkview Center IncMT $399,248$53,091 990
Blair Senior FundPA $355,472$30,580 990
Star Valley Senior Citizens CenterWY $354,737$60,486 990
Nodaway County Senior Citizens Senate IncMO $353,643$38,458 990
Friendship Community Center IncMI $353,365$59,299 990
Holmes County Council On Aging IncOH $402,802$61,041 990

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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Paulette Glunn) 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 152 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $102,018 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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). 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.