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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Council On Economic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 396076951
WI · NTEE V22Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Glaunert, Executive Director / CEO ($123,096) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$971 total compensation of comparable organizations → $181,382 $123,096
$12,88010th
$25,29725th
$52,685Median
$100,13675th
$148,88690th
$123,096This org · 79th
p10$12,880
p25$25,297
p50$52,685
p75$100,136
p90$148,886
$123,096

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
Bounce Beyond Inc MA$265,611 Co-chair $114,167 $95,416 2024
Employment Research & Development Instit IL$270,853 President $174,389 $164,162 2023
Santa Barbara Institute For CA$273,664 President $50,004 $40,158 2024
Institute For The Study Of Man Inc VA$259,303 Director, President, Secretary/treasurer $39,646 $41,212 2021
The Gen Next Foundation Inc CA$258,246 Ceo $40,000 $32,124 2024
Missouri Appleseed MO$276,837 Executive Director $90,000 $88,656 2024
Society For Social Studies Of Science GA$252,486 Managing Director $107,080 $100,136 2024
Data For Black Lives Inc FL$281,963 Cofounderceo $190,042 $166,042 2024
Celsius Inc DC$248,805 Executive Director/chair $182,716 $149,123 2024
Center For The Study Of Organized Hate Inc DC$248,569 Secretarytreasurer $4,050 $3,306 2024
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging Groups WI$286,466 President $103,149 $100,190 2024
The Institute For Cultural Evolution CO$287,835 President $150,431 $138,118 2023
United States Geospatial VA$290,487 Chief Exec. $2,472 $2,285 2023
Secular Coalition For America Education Fund DC$293,267 Executive Director $64,016 $53,790 2023
Public Broadcasting Network Inc MO$294,178 Ceo $117,000 $118,657 2023
Feminist Studies Inc VA$238,305 Secretary/treasurer $41,085 $37,984 2023
Center For Cuban Studiesinc NY$296,120 Exec. Dir/secre $16,640 $13,985 2024
Alabama Council On Economic Education AL$297,007 Executive Program Director $43,937 $44,146 2024
Liam's Chancebehavioralservicesinc VA$298,149 Executive Di $95,500 $88,292 2023
Massachusetts Institute For MA$234,189 Director Of Admin & Commun $84,000 $70,204 2024
Georgia Council For Social Sciences GA$234,171 Executive Director $12,000 $11,222 2024
Society For Neuroeconomics $232,120 Director $1,000 $971 2024
New Jersey Center For Civic And NJ$228,972 President $68,167 $56,605 2024
Center For Partnership Systems CA$305,972 President And Co-founder $50,000 $40,155 2024
Seminar On The Acquistion Of Latin NY$227,045 Co-exec Dire $9,167 $7,704 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 2023 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Julie Glaunert) 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 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $123,096 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.