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Compensation Comparability Determination

Head Of The Lakes United Way

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 410857077
MN · NTEE T70
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 11, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Hunter, Executive Director / CEO ($104,723) 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 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Matthew Hunter — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

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

$7,180 total compensation of comparable organizations → $280,965 $104,723
$55,16510th
$81,83825th
$101,399Median
$123,80975th
$152,75990th
$104,723This org · 57th
p10$55,165
p25$81,838
p50$101,399
p75$123,809
p90$152,759
$104,723

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 MN 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
Combined Health Agencies Drive NE$1,585,253 President & Ceo $127,171 $134,857 2025
United Way Of Tulare County CA$1,597,904 Executive Director $103,747 $90,663 2024
Parkinson Association Of Alabama Inc AL$1,614,995 Executive Director $77,519 $84,754 2024
Jewish Federation Of Central New NY$1,615,806 Interim Executive Director $106,850 $95,196 2025
Jewish Federation Of Pinellas And Pasco FL$1,623,265 Executive Director $144,411 $137,295 2024
🔒 147 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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:

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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 11, 2026.