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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

La Crosse Promise Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455610547
WI · NTEE B82
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Acklin, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 210 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Acklin — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

210 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 210 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,128 $72,000
$6,64410th
$19,52425th
$44,248Median
$71,51275th
$96,92890th
$72,000This org · 75th
p10$6,644
p25$19,524
p50$44,248
p75$71,512
p90$96,928
$72,000

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
Nevada Hands & Voices NV$278,168 Executive Dir. $62,634 $61,706 2024
The Jet Award Foundation & Trust NE$280,216 Executive Di $146,514 $154,883 2024
Central Insurance Companies Educational OH$276,455 Director $13,287 $14,240 2023
Foundation Of Central Christian College KS$275,099 Ccck President $36,985 $40,431 2023
Supreme Council Education & Charity Fund MA$274,597 President/sovereign Grand $7,895 $6,973 2024
St Helena Preschool For All Inc CA$283,013 Executive Dir. $77,400 $67,630 2023
Matanya's Hope IL$274,020 President $46,833 $45,253 2024
Education Across Borders WA$273,823 Director $50,290 $44,253 2024
Chicago Association Of Realtors Educational Foundation Inc IL$283,593 Top Mgmt Offical & Car Ceo $40,393 $39,030 2024
California Landscape Architectual CA$272,536 Treasurer $18,000 $15,276 2024
The Galax Foundation For Excellence In VA$271,500 Secretary/treasurer $12,000 $11,388 2024
Seton Cincinnati Sgo OH$271,454 President $29,088 $29,500 2025
Northville Educational Foundation MI$271,393 Executive Director $58,205 $60,792 2023
The Hannon Cup Association TX$286,071 Executive Director $28,500 $28,848 2023
Hba Of Durham Orange & Chatham NC$286,753 Executive Director $14,925 $15,157 2024
Impact-u Foundation Inc MA$286,945 Secretary $16,609 $15,103 2023
Society Of Explosives Engineers OH$287,106 Exectutive Director $23,936 $24,917 2024
Decatur Central High School Band Booster Inc IN$269,580 Director, Treasurer $10,000 $10,671 2023
Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program ND$268,969 Executive Director $100,298 $111,376 2023
The Claymont Foundation Inc OH$268,956 Financial Secretary $6,000 $6,246 2024
Women's Education Project NY$288,300 Exe.director $83,000 $73,715 2024
Always Giving Back Foundation IL$288,776 Director $2,550 $2,537 2023
Blessing Hands Inc KY$288,863 Key Employee $16,029 $16,490 2025
Tbi Warrior Foundation TX$268,167 President $7,000 $7,085 2023
Laradon Foundation Inc CO$288,976 Ceo Thru 4/2 $9,096 $8,351 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI cost of living and 2025 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Amanda Acklin) 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 210 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.