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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Girls On The Run Of Northwest Ohio

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452510404
OH · NTEE N60
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lee Fearnside, Executive Director / CEO ($76,758) 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 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Lee Fearnside — reported title “EXECUTIVE 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

$132 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,905 $76,758
$2,43710th
$8,03725th
$20,450Median
$42,03175th
$59,53990th
$76,758This org · 95th
p10$2,437
p25$8,037
p50$20,450
p75$42,031
p90$59,539
$76,758

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 OH 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
Westbrook Seals ME$232,818 Head Coach $58,938 $54,285 2025
Red Rock Heat Volleyball Club UT$231,933 Director/pre $14,547 $13,695 2025
Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club Inc NY$231,889 Executive Director $17,432 $14,872 2024
Owatonna Gymnastic Club Inc MN$231,276 Executive Director $68,433 $62,197 2025
Bronxville Youth Lacrosse Association Inc NY$231,037 Director $8,000 $6,825 2024
Orange County Sports Alliance CA$230,882 President $11,555 $9,421 2024
Littleton Youth Sports CO$235,485 President $28,008 $25,356 2024
Arrows Athletics Inc FL$237,150 President $19,462 $17,262 2024
Loveland Volleyball Inc CO$227,604 President $4,000 $3,728 2023
Dive Lab CA$237,642 Director And Cfo $5,775 $4,708 2024
Rallycap Sports Inc NJ$227,603 Executive Director $93,381 $78,718 2024
Northeast United Soccer Club MN$237,766 Executive Director $1,000 $933 2024
Johnston Volleyball Club Inc IA$238,107 Director $13,160 $13,254 2025
New York Bicycling Coalition Inc NY$227,130 Executive Director $39,726 $33,893 2024
Texas 512 Volleyball Club TX$226,876 President $62,000 $60,285 2023
Indiana Youth Rugby Foundation Inc IN$239,619 Executive Dir. $56,587 $58,005 2023
Lax Devils Lacrosee Club Inc AZ$225,623 Defensive Coordinator $12,000 $11,678 2022
The Alexandria Volleyball Club MN$240,315 Director $750 $682 2025
Northern Nevada Aquatics Corp NV$240,599 Director / Head Coach $42,000 $39,748 2024
Maywood Youth Athletic Association Inc NJ$240,944 Advisor $250 $206 2025
Baltimore Sports Academy Inc MD$223,998 Executive Dir. $86,676 $76,508 2024
Maine Ultimate Inc ME$241,811 Director $20,000 $18,908 2024
College Grove Recreation Association Dba College Grove Athletics TN$242,059 Director $1,250 $1,277 2023
Metro Fha VA$223,026 Assignor $13,773 $12,556 2024
Rockford Bmx Club Inc IL$242,730 Secretary $11,581 $10,750 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Lee Fearnside) 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 sector (N60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,758 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.