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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Motorists Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391951971
WI · NTEE U42
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lauren Matthews, Executive Director / CEO ($92,302) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 128 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lauren Matthews — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

128 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 128 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$363 total compensation of comparable organizations → $322,269 $92,302
$10,23210th
$24,34325th
$52,933Median
$95,51775th
$129,18290th
$92,302This org · 73rd
p10$10,232
p25$24,343
p50$52,933
p75$95,517
p90$129,182
$92,302

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
Cyber Collective Incorporated NY$360,658 Executive Director And Board Chair $39,990 $35,623 2023
Satoshi Action Education OR$360,666 President $26,667 $24,413 2023
The Biotechnology Association Of Alabama AL$355,879 Ceo $120,148 $124,286 2024
Biomedical Excellence For Safer Transfusion Collaborative CA$354,603 Executive Director $150,000 $124,023 2024
Partnership To Advance Responsible Techn PA$354,501 Executive Director $146,846 $144,360 2023
Iowa Turfgrass Institute IA$352,407 Executive Director $73,900 $77,478 2024
Marine Life Studies CA$349,930 Operational Manager $45,971 $38,010 2024
Climate Access Inc CA$369,568 Executive Director $140,004 $119,177 2023
Virginia Academy Of Science VA$372,146 Executive Officer $15,343 $14,604 2023
Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc MA$372,864 Executive Director $110,000 $97,444 2023
Indianafirst Inc IN$342,326 Executive Dir. $67,450 $70,120 2023
Clean Oceans International CA$341,442 Executive Dir. $48,282 $38,891 2025
Institute For Responsible Technology IA$378,791 President $114,577 $123,673 2023
Solving For Science CA$338,901 Highest Compensated Employee $121,841 $100,741 2024
Ieom Society International MI$379,303 Executive Di $22,000 $21,743 2024
Alliance For Working Together Foundation OH$337,514 Executive Director $104,380 $105,858 2024
Youth Code Jam San Antonio TX$381,787 Executive Di $73,378 $72,358 2023
Society Of American Military Engineers F VA$334,012 Executive Director (Thru 8/15/23) $7,116 $6,773 2023
Decatur Makers Inc GA$384,484 Executive Director $83,550 $78,366 2025
Rnd4impact Inc CA$333,249 President $120,000 $99,218 2024
International Society For CA$332,093 Cfo/secretary $127,000 $105,006 2024
Research Theory Inc TX$330,000 President $8,333 $8,217 2023
Fungal Diversity Survey Inc CA$328,447 Executive Di $34,200 $29,112 2023
City Kid Science Inc NY$390,135 President $70,600 $61,086 2024
Metagov Inc MA$391,471 Executive Director $38,022 $33,682 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Lauren Matthews) 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 128 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $92,302 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.