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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

La Crosse Area Veterans Mentor Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452383227
WI · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($16,790) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 112 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Matthew Thompson — reported title “OPERATIONS MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

112 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 112 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,928 $16,790
$4,11110th
$8,79425th
$27,207Median
$45,83875th
$64,69590th
$16,790This org · 31st
p10$4,111
p25$8,794
p50$27,207
p75$45,838
p90$64,695
$16,790

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 WI 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
Wildcat Ultimate Frisbee IL$69,396 President $7,590 $7,356 2023
Family Reaching Out Connecting And Supporting Inc CO$68,721 President $37,373 $35,328 2023
Drake Community Development Inc NC$70,334 President $22,305 $22,068 2024
Love The Child TX$70,410 President $6,500 $6,672 2022
Sequel Inc SD$71,064 Executive Di $80,841 $85,429 2024
Quiet Storm Outreach Group Inc AL$67,713 President $2,500 $2,586 2024
Connecting Paths Pr Inc PR$66,966 Employer $23,300 $24,972 2022
Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Foundation CA$72,205 Director $6,000 $4,961 2024
Francis Foundation Inc VT$66,407 Executive Director $115,126 $110,955 2024
Im Young And Empowered Inc NV$66,379 Secretary $31,800 $31,423 2023
International Mission Center MO$72,854 President $51,000 $50,389 2025
Get America Working Inc VA$66,075 President $53,090 $50,533 2023
Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity NC$73,080 Executive Direc $59,800 $60,912 2023
Infinity Equine Therapy Inc NJ$65,726 Secretary $3,200 $2,736 2024
Mohonk Education & Neuropsychological Foundation Inc CT$65,483 Executive Director $17,917 $16,086 2024
Wellness Works Inc AK$65,228 President $7,364 $6,741 2024
Agua Es Vida SC$73,901 Ceo $17,700 $18,203 2023
Vida Spiritual Learning Center Inc CA$64,776 Spiritual Director $44,808 $37,048 2024
Spiritual United Nations IL$64,644 President $9,360 $8,811 2024
United Way Of North Central Arkansas AR$64,594 Executive Director $36,540 $39,328 2024
Northeast Minneapolis Lions Community MN$64,518 Gambling Manager $42,813 $40,507 2024
Family Promise Of Southwestern PA$74,481 Executive Di $58,396 $57,408 2023
Christian Outreach Training And Research Institute CA$74,798 President/director $300 $248 2024
Tampa Bay Economic Prosperity Foundation FL$75,000 President/ceo $59,083 $53,146 2024
Stewartstown Area Senior Citizens Center Inc PA$75,068 Director $34,580 $33,019 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Matthew Thompson) 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 112 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,790 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.