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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sportsmens Club Sauk Rapids Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411476679
MN · NTEE C3
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Diehl, Executive Director / CEO ($599) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$162 total compensation of comparable organizations → $89,839 $599
$3,61510th
$6,61725th
$23,078Median
$35,53375th
$57,49890th
$599This org · 5th
p10$3,615
p25$6,617
p50$23,078
p75$35,533
p90$57,498
$599

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
Recycling Rules Inc MA$48,970 Founder And Executive Director $22,000 $20,599 2023
Open Water Foundation CO$45,650 Ceo $28,000 $27,172 2024
Partnership For Environmental Progress CA$53,220 Executive Dir. $66,000 $59,380 2023
Warsaw Biblical Gardens Inc IN$54,425 Board Member $6,200 $6,617 2024
The Sunflower Land Trust Inc KS$55,628 Chief Exec. Officer $32,500 $35,533 2024
School Of Living PA$56,215 Assistant Treasurer $2,138 $2,158 2024
Mcgill Rose Garden SC$56,585 Sr Garden Di $23,500 $24,811 2024
Magellan Foundation Inc NY$56,783 President - $7,030 $6,263 2025
Outdoor Intervention Inc IN$57,041 President $39,803 $42,480 2024
Keep Rowlett Beautiful Inc TX$39,949 Exec. Director $17,325 $17,539 2024
Borneo Research Council ME$57,273 Treasurer $18,994 $19,817 2023
Bristol Virginia Public Schools Education Foundation VA$57,923 Executive Director $28,554 $28,726 2023
Worldopt Institute Inc HI$58,166 Secretary $13,221 $11,979 2024
Friends Of Merrymeeting Bay ME$58,443 Database Manager $155 $162 2023
350org Action Fund MA$58,516 Executive Director $34,973 $31,805 2024
Islands First Inc NY$58,985 Executive Director $50,317 $47,374 2023
Ccl Farm Conservation Inc SC$36,128 Director $9,663 $10,202 2024
Benison Resource Co GA$35,843 Chairman, Ceo $4,500 $4,714 2023
The Nuclear Decommissioning MA$35,802 President/director $61,845 $56,244 2024
First People's Conservation Council LA$61,737 President $3,000 $3,343 2024
Mead Spl Site Custodial Trust WA$34,466 Trustee $27,826 $25,957 2023
Save Honolua Coalition HI$34,393 Vice Preside $4,191 $3,797 2024
Energy Services Coalition Corp VA$34,236 Exec Director $42,738 $41,762 2024
One For Nature Inc PA$34,147 Director $15,000 $15,586 2023
Indian Creek Nature Center Charitable IA$34,071 Executive Director $5,723 $6,342 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 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Jeff Diehl) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $599 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.