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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Servicemen's Club Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411427154
MN · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Brandl, Executive Director / CEO ($40,062) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Linda Brandl — reported title “CLUB MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51 total compensation of comparable organizations → $94,913 $40,062
$1,98610th
$4,15425th
$10,469Median
$23,89475th
$47,17390th
$40,062This org · 87th
p10$1,986
p25$4,154
p50$10,469
p75$23,894
p90$47,173
$40,062

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
American Legion Post 12 VT$109,920 Finance Offi $15,000 $14,841 2024
Lebaron Post Home Association PA$107,789 Director $4,700 $4,743 2023
Cecil Field Powmia Memorial Inc FL$107,335 Director $10,408 $9,611 2024
Gen Richard G Stillwell Korean War VA$114,696 President $100,000 $94,913 2024
Hershey Memorial Post 3502 Canteen PA$117,525 Canteen Mana $40,905 $41,283 2023
Veteran Business Project Inc IL$118,064 Ceo $72,500 $70,064 2024
Feast Of Crispian WI$98,596 President & Managing Director $28,125 $29,726 2023
Kiester Legion Post 454 MN$97,728 Commander $4,716 $4,581 2024
American Legion Post 87 NC$120,375 Finance Officer $2,200 $2,301 2023
American Legion Post 333 IN$97,240 Service Officer $4,360 $4,520 2024
The American Legion Northridge Post 746 Memorial Building Inc OH$120,835 Bartender $4,313 $4,374 2025
St Cloud Standdown Inc MN$96,010 Director $2,400 $2,331 2024
Hand In Hand Partnership AL$125,038 Secretary And Treasurer $67,084 $73,345 2023
American Legion Post 234 IN$125,706 Commander $9,809 $10,469 2023
American Legion Whitestown Post 1113 NY$127,346 Service Officer $58,425 $51,897 2024
Louisiana National Guard Enlisted Association LA$127,680 Executive Director $7,400 $8,246 2023
Operation Vet Fit Inc SC$86,309 President $17,240 $17,679 2024
Brockport Area Veterans Club Inc NY$84,547 Treasurer $1,275 $1,166 2023
Us For Warriors Foundation CA$84,114 Executive Director $2,175 $1,847 2024
Department Of Massachusetts Vfw Auxiliary Inc MA$83,297 President $4,703 $4,154 2024
Warriors Rock PA$135,753 Secretary $40,800 $39,995 2024
American Legion Post 165 CT$81,585 Adjutant $500 $449 2025
Wisconsin Vfw Foundation Inc WI$136,914 Director $4,684 $4,809 2024
Veterans Home Association Of Valley View PA$80,299 Head Bar Tender $23,188 $23,402 2023
Tioga American Legion Post 139 ND$137,632 Finance Officer / Gaming Manager $21,500 $23,193 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Linda Brandl) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,062 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.