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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wildlife Science Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411678264
MN · NTEE B50Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Peggy Callahan, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Peggy Callahan — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21,252 total compensation of comparable organizations → $476,395 $60,000
$23,22510th
$37,41125th
$82,633Median
$114,40775th
$179,66790th
$60,000This org · 33rd
p10$23,225
p25$37,411
p50$82,633
p75$114,407
p90$179,667
$60,000

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
Academy For The Love Of NM$464,201 Mngr, & Gen. $189,240 $205,987 2023
Slavic Reformation Society TX$461,512 Director $95,500 $96,679 2023
Pillar Seminary NE$460,914 President $36,320 $37,411 2025
Christ Our Redeemer Seminary Inc AL$459,218 President $57,023 $62,345 2023
Bridges Graduate School Of Cognitive Diversity In Education CA$454,095 Coo $24,319 $21,252 2023
Nwa Industries For Education AR$453,082 Executive Director $57,664 $65,597 2023
California University - Silicon Valley CA$484,875 President $43,950 $37,305 2024
Maitripa College OR$421,618 President $83,004 $78,009 2023
America Chinese Evangelical Seminary CA$420,606 Accounting Officer $33,476 $28,415 2024
Heidelberg Theological Seminary SD$417,954 President $93,500 $104,431 2023
Irbs Theological Seminary TX$528,022 President $116,350 $114,407 2024
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute OH$387,260 Director $79,368 $82,633 2024
Toyota Technological Institute At Chicago IL$385,536 President $478,816 $476,395 2023
Torah Temimah Jerusalem MD$570,194 President An $52,050 $47,835 2024
Graduate Business Curriculum MN$353,980 Executive Di $135,150 $135,150 2023
The Master's Institute MN$587,576 757 Martin Ave, Hudson, Wi 54016 $24,000 $22,711 2025
South Central Wisconsin Area Health WI$337,992 Executive Dir. $96,841 $96,855 2025
Leadership Institute Of Seattle WA$324,094 President $114,574 $103,813 2023
Redemption Seminary Inc AZ$606,733 President $184,597 $179,667 2023
Copassion Inc FL$312,550 President $25,816 $23,225 2025
The Nalp Foundation For Law Career Research And Education MA$644,700 President & Ceo $191,143 $168,843 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Peggy Callahan) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.