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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mystic Krewe Of Nyx

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 451432800
LA · NTEE N50
FY ending 2023-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Lea, Executive Director / CEO ($150,266) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 71 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Julie Lea — reported title “PRESIDENT/CAPTAIN”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

71 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 71 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$117 total compensation of comparable organizations → $83,050 $150,266
$1,47810th
$3,94125th
$11,630Median
$27,52075th
$47,22590th
$150,266This org · 100th
p10$1,478
p25$3,941
p50$11,630
p75$27,520
p90$47,225
$150,266

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 LA 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
Blairsville Pa Vfw 5821 Club PA$194,566 Quartermaster Treasurer $7,800 $7,064 2023
Alta Golf & Country Club IA$193,908 Treasurer $2,925 $2,825 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Mckeown- PA$196,021 President $15,900 $13,987 2024
Mcqueen Athletic Club MT$196,752 Treasurer/secretary $11,880 $11,630 2023
Boardgame Players Association Inc CT$197,705 President Director $67,773 $57,708 2023
Brighton Snowmobile Club Inc VT$198,852 President $1,709 $1,478 2025
Lower Burrell Legion Post #868 - Home Assoc PA$203,033 Treasurer $6,481 $5,869 2023
Ing's Goe Foundation CA$203,092 Secretary $17,500 $13,330 2024
Fort Fitness & Recreation Inc NY$184,542 President $13,660 $11,210 2023
St Joseph Young Men's Society Inc IN$181,689 General Manager $13,500 $12,558 2024
Midwest Gun Collectors Assn IL$181,686 Treasurer $6,400 $5,550 2024
Sunset Cay Social Club SC$209,233 Director $11,027 $10,148 2024
Alpha Eta Rho Inc OH$209,711 Executive Dir. $82,793 $77,352 2024
Patton Sportsmens Association PA$210,819 Treasurer $20,800 $18,837 2023
Slovak National Club PA$177,180 President $2,000 $1,760 2024
Veterans Cigar Club MD$212,845 Director $52,000 $42,883 2024
Liberty Fire Company Marching Club Inc PA$212,855 Director $2,392 $2,104 2024
Black Iris Social Club VA$175,757 President $11,833 $10,376 2023
Mcguire's Irish Runners Inc FL$213,742 President $2,000 $1,706 2023
Hunters Valley Sportsman Association PA$175,076 Treasurer $12,200 $10,732 2024
Wood City Riders Snowmobile Club MN$215,332 Treasurer $500 $436 2024
Kent Canadian Club OH$169,218 Secretary $21,200 $19,807 2024
Liberty Hose Co No 2 PA$220,452 General Employee $31,200 $28,256 2023
Greater Durham Black Chamber Of Commerce NC$167,896 Ceo $40,000 $36,457 2024
Lake Veterans Club Inc FL$166,576 President/co $20,900 $17,319 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Julie Lea) 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 71 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $150,266 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.