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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Coletta Of Wisconsin

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 392035446
WI · NTEE B11
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ted Behncke, Executive Director / CEO ($8,312) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ted Behncke — reported title “DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2024)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$640 total compensation of comparable organizations → $511,010 $8,312
$6,04610th
$19,20025th
$43,488Median
$72,66675th
$111,21190th
$8,312This org · 14th
p10$6,046
p25$19,200
p50$43,488
p75$72,666
p90$111,211
$8,312

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
Cyberwarrior Foundation Inc MA$404,839 Executive Director $120,193 $106,474 2023
Palm Arts Inc CO$402,787 Managing Dir $16,771 $15,002 2025
Midland County Public Library Foundation TX$399,268 Executive Director $91,290 $87,439 2024
Forest Hills Foundation For OH$398,447 Executive Di $45,500 $44,955 2025
Friends Of Baystate Academy Charter MA$396,862 President $151,453 $134,166 2023
Elevate Atlanta Inc GA$422,818 Executive Director $80,000 $79,297 2023
Cuventures Inc WI$424,301 Interim President (End 1/31/23) $61,862 $63,689 2023
Bartholomew Consolidated School IN$391,263 Executive Director $35,000 $36,386 2023
Keya Foundation Llc SD$390,425 Director $57,202 $60,448 2024
Longwood Sports Booster Club Inc NY$427,192 Director $8,930 $7,727 2024
Institute For Student Achievement NJ$427,323 President (End 1/5/2024) $71,148 $60,825 2024
Northeast Arkansas Charitable Foundation Inc AR$389,317 2901 Doyle, Newport Ar 72112 $5,400 $5,812 2024
Global Risk Management Institute NY$388,639 President $76,312 $67,979 2023
Village Association OR$386,169 Board Member $720 $640 2024
Hermleigh Education Foundation Inc TX$431,118 Trustee (Superintendent) $15,544 $14,888 2024
Richland Library Friends And Foundation SC$433,011 Trustee $25,880 $25,852 2024
Dolls & Dreams DC$383,183 Executive Director Interim Chair $106,500 $89,487 2024
Community School Foundation Inc FL$433,743 Head Of School $49,099 $45,470 2023
Carmel High School Ovation Inc IN$435,238 Choral Director $2,800 $2,827 2024
Barbara Ingram School For The Arts MD$436,102 Executive Director $22,500 $20,142 2024
Missouri Association Of MO$438,675 Executive Di $30,000 $30,425 2024
Mercy Health Foundation Berryville AR$438,902 Foundation President $11,384 $12,614 2023
Iowa Asian Alliance Foundation IA$438,987 Executive Di $88,304 $95,314 2023
Bethel Education Foundation OR$440,008 Executive Di $43,680 $39,988 2023
Cuny School Of Professional Studies NY$376,120 Interim Dean $146,720 $126,948 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Ted Behncke) 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 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,312 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.