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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Notre Dame De La Baie Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391697736
WI · NTEE B43I
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ken Flaten, Executive Director / CEO ($39,158) against the 2000 closest of 3,119 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ken Flaten — reported title “EXEC. DIRECTOR OF FIN. & B”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,119 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $511,010 $39,158
$10,05110th
$27,21425th
$49,400Median
$73,01575th
$99,89990th
$39,158This org · 38th
p10$10,051
p25$27,214
p50$49,400
p75$73,015
p90$99,899
$39,158

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
Literacy Connections Hudson NY$363,025 Executive Di $75,002 $63,222 2025
Chafer Theological Seminary NM$362,482 President $42,350 $44,903 2023
Student Government Organization NY$363,181 President $1,445 $1,250 2024
Wfb Foundation Supporting Organization Inc WI$362,373 Officer $27,457 $27,457 2024
Erie County Association Of School Boards NY$362,373 Executive Director $69,888 $58,912 2025
National Athletic Equipment OH$362,223 Executive Director $73,494 $74,535 2024
Asbury Preschool NC$363,456 Director $18,400 $17,736 2025
Brighter Rays Of Hope TX$363,507 President $69,084 $66,170 2024
New Vision Aviation CA$361,981 President $33,040 $28,125 2023
Rural Aspirations Project ME$363,803 Executive Director $83,428 $82,354 2023
Centro De Educacion Integral Soles Del Jardin Inc PR$363,804 Director $2,400 $2,338 2025
Midlothian Band Boosters TX$361,798 Treasurer $1,200 $1,120 2025
Ohio Association For College OH$361,788 Executive Ad $32,657 $33,119 2024
Open Storehouse Incorporated FL$361,786 President $70,000 $62,966 2024
Pacem School Inc VT$361,754 Head Of School $54,852 $51,502 2025
St Georges Child Care Center ME$363,922 Executive Director $45,568 $43,691 2024
Helix Bar Review Inc PA$363,955 Board Chair/president & Ceo $450,741 $430,400 2024
Maryland Pesticide Education MD$361,636 Executive Di $80,000 $73,731 2023
Sustainable Tulsa Inc OK$361,589 Executive Dir. $103,188 $108,797 2024
Teleo University MN$364,052 President Ceo $60,000 $56,768 2024
Flor De Loto Montessori Corp PR$364,110 Employee $36,321 $36,321 2024
Institute For Inclusion In The Legal IL$361,253 Ceo $92,591 $87,161 2024
22nd Judicial District Casa Inc OK$364,430 Exec Dir $66,285 $68,086 2025
Glenridge Nursery School CA$361,159 Program Dir $149,326 $123,466 2024
The Undergraduate Interfraternity CO$360,997 President $6,600 $6,060 2024

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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Ken Flaten) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,158 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.