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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Come Alive Outside

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472357025
VT · NTEE N01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arwen Turner, Executive Director / CEO ($87,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1341 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Arwen Turner — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,341 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,341 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$52 total compensation of comparable organizations → $307,531 $87,200
$4,66710th
$15,88825th
$43,766Median
$70,21475th
$91,47690th
$87,200This org · 88th
p10$4,667
p25$15,888
p50$43,766
p75$70,214
p90$91,476
$87,200

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 VT 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
Monongahela River Trails Conservancy Limited WV$436,815 Executive Director $47,500 $49,631 2024
Sporting Fc Inc CA$437,078 Cfo $57,936 $48,278 2024
Fairmont Youth Hockey Association MN$437,103 Treasurer $1,500 $1,393 2025
Camp Tuku AZ$437,227 Operations Director $52,325 $48,562 2024
Wyoming Amateur Hockey Association WY$437,389 Treasurer $6,500 $6,717 2024
Girls On The Run Of The Grand Valley CO$437,460 Executive Director $55,000 $49,581 2025
Sanford Area Soccer League NC$437,580 Executive Di $19,050 $18,995 2024
New Mexico Soccer Academy Inc NM$437,643 Girls Director $51,000 $54,498 2023
Sports For Youth WA$437,850 Vice President $66,000 $58,707 2023
Atherton Bulldogs Corp CA$435,671 President $150,249 $128,899 2023
Derivera Park Trust OH$437,948 Administrato $37,025 $37,843 2024
Mchenry Area Soccer Federation Inc IL$438,126 Director $1,055 $1,001 2024
Usa Swimming Inc GA$435,384 Former Key Employee $27,500 $26,683 2024
Clipped In For Life CA$438,246 Vice President $79,591 $66,323 2024
Top Flight Elite CA$435,214 Ceo $33,000 $27,498 2024
Conroe Area Youth Baseball Inc TX$435,205 Secretary $25,304 $24,426 2024
Broken Arrow Boys Baseball Program OK$435,139 President $9,050 $9,616 2024
Michigan Intercollegiate MI$438,618 Commissioner $148,932 $144,521 2025
Fresno Junior Hockey Club CA$438,642 Member At Large $2,700 $2,192 2025
Real Billings Fc MT$439,012 Director Registrar $17,000 $17,684 2024
Women Of Oz Nwa AR$434,474 Executive Di $50,650 $56,564 2023
Ahahui Koa Anuenue HI$434,425 President $66,299 $58,973 2023
Center For Movement Challenges Inc GA$439,166 Secretary $40,000 $38,812 2024
East Springfield Community Center IL$434,283 President $53,000 $51,767 2023
Boston Taekwondo Project Inc MA$439,323 Director/chairman $90,802 $76,712 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Arwen Turner) 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 1341 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,200 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.