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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Akeley Regional Community Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 432007564
MN · NTEE O20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allison Forte, Executive Director / CEO ($67,057) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 101 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Allison Forte — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

101 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 101 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$73 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,032 $67,057
$20,84510th
$44,32625th
$63,909Median
$81,71575th
$99,51690th
$67,057This org · 54th
p10$20,845
p25$44,326
p50$63,909
p75$81,715
p90$99,516
$67,057

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
Axis Teen Centers OH$457,230 Executive Director $80,000 $83,292 2024
Pack Away Hunger Inc IN$452,957 Executive Di $32,333 $33,517 2024
Ontario Youth Sports Inc OH$458,198 Executive Di $74,000 $77,045 2024
Principles First Inc TX$458,215 Executive Director/preside $63,876 $62,809 2024
Cleveland Police Athletic League OH$452,059 Executive Di $38,700 $40,293 2024
Aslan Inc NJ$460,653 Ceo $73,180 $66,124 2023
Tenth Life Cat Rescue MO$448,600 Executive Director $65,600 $68,299 2024
Choices Inc MA$448,576 President $46,164 $41,983 2023
Positive Attitude Youth Center Inc NC$446,069 Executive Di $70,000 $71,099 2024
North End Youth Center Inc IL$443,510 President $99,213 $95,880 2024
The Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation CA$467,721 Ceo & President $90,000 $76,394 2024
Carmel Youth Center Inc CA$441,773 Executive Dir $87,432 $74,214 2024
Fore La Kids Inc CA$438,407 Founder $18,750 $15,915 2024
Team New England Youth Academy Inc MA$474,704 President $42,500 $38,651 2023
Enid Spca OK$430,887 Executive Di $22,880 $24,766 2024
Jacob's Ladder Inc VA$427,326 Executive Director $78,074 $74,102 2024
Neighborhood House Community Center WI$427,308 Executive Di $55,521 $58,682 2023
North Jefferson Junior Baseball Assoc CO$426,498 Scheduler $12,915 $12,533 2023
Westminster At Wade Inc WV$425,679 Director $33,840 $36,017 2024
Davis Forest School CA$425,661 Director $48,872 $41,484 2024
Yachats Youth & Family OR$422,414 Executive Di $67,129 $61,280 2024
Police Activities League Of Southwest Washington WA$491,881 Executive Director $83,833 $73,780 2024
The Healing Word Counseling Center TN$418,766 Administrator/counselor $27,000 $27,898 2024
Southwest Indiana Powerhouse Inc IN$418,746 Executive Di $96,000 $99,516 2024
Youth Empowerment Services Inc TX$494,634 Ceo $110,031 $108,193 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Allison Forte) 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 101 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,057 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.