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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Administrative Committee Of Chelan

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 450587434
WA · NTEE Y44
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rosario Nystrom, Executive Director / CEO ($57,264) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 155 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rosario Nystrom — reported title “MANAGING DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

155 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 155 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$58 total compensation of comparable organizations → $424,058 $57,264
$1,12110th
$4,50825th
$20,346Median
$52,69975th
$105,26990th
$57,264This org · 77th
p10$1,121
p25$4,508
p50$20,346
p75$52,699
p90$105,269
$57,264

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 WA 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
Oregon Solar Energy Industries OR$436,039 Executive Di $83,144 $86,241 2023
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks NH$439,214 Secretary $4,000 $3,904 2025
Eastportsouth Manor Teachers NY$439,607 Coordinator $8,500 $8,333 2024
Fraternal Ord Of Eagles 4218 Aerie VT$435,209 Trustee $24,612 $26,183 2025
Key West Moose Lodge #1760 FL$433,346 Administrator $26,400 $26,213 2025
R2ise Inc GA$431,931 Chairperson $91,100 $99,375 2024
Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority GA$444,682 National Secretary $24,180 $26,376 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles MI$444,833 President $145 $163 2024
Muslim Association Of Northwest WA$445,490 Imam $47,899 $46,525 2024
Mendota Heights Fire Department MN$428,200 President $1,825 $1,957 2024
College Foundation Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association NC$426,343 Trustee $28,632 $33,044 2023
Russell Utilities Inc MS$449,253 President $590 $694 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks Of The Usa 30 New Orleans LA$425,536 Secretary $3,900 $4,538 2025
Dover Moose Lodge 443 Loyal Order Of Moose NH$424,107 Administrator $10,400 $10,149 2025
Eastern Star Charity Foundation Of CT$450,752 President $300 $297 2025
Niagara Falls Memorial Park Association NY$452,837 President $70,988 $69,592 2024
Ufcw Vacation Compensation Trust CA$421,591 Trustee $26,876 $25,921 2023
Conservation Burial Inc FL$453,605 Ex Director $48,239 $50,616 2023
Morgan-cemetery Inc NJ$453,986 Trustee $3,000 $2,906 2024
Belah-fellowship Water System Inc LA$420,011 President $1,200 $1,476 2023
Richmond Irrigation & Power Company UT$419,625 Water Master $25,464 $28,274 2024
Old Union Water Association Inc MS$416,814 President $520 $647 2023
New York Veteran Police Association Inc NY$415,313 Director $18,880 $19,055 2023
Colonial Cemeteries Inc CT$414,166 President $2,400 $2,513 2023
Lakeland Post-retirement Medical Trust MI$461,319 Trustee $157,127 $181,146 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Rosario Nystrom) 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 155 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,264 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.