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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creative Enterprise Zone

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473199574
MN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Casselton, Executive Director / CEO ($91,528) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 453 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: Angela Casselton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

453 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 453 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $429,766 $91,528
$14,36310th
$40,38325th
$65,187Median
$91,45075th
$127,93190th
$91,528This org · 75th
p10$14,363
p25$40,383
p50$65,187
p75$91,450
p90$127,931
$91,528

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 MN 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
Western Medical Center CA$223,931 Chief Of Staff $60,000 $53,982 2023
Icti C A R E Foundation Inc NY$223,734 Bookkeeper $132,215 $120,910 2024
Welding Research Council Inc OH$224,007 Secretary $25,000 $27,588 2023
Blair Chiropractic Membership AL$223,589 Executive Director $66,824 $73,061 2024
Veterinary Specialty Practice Alliance Inc OH$223,460 Executive Director $62,400 $66,886 2024
Denver Petroleum Club Inc CO$224,516 Executive Director $90,000 $87,337 2024
Next Generation In Trucking Association KY$223,098 President $141,413 $158,299 2023
Nevada Petroleum Marketers & UT$224,761 State Execut $80,285 $83,158 2024
The Lower Niagara River Region Chamber NY$222,922 Past President $82,458 $75,408 2024
United Vegetable Growers Cooperative CA$225,143 Ceo $250,000 $218,472 2024
Nw High Performance OR$222,514 Executive Dir. $134,514 $130,154 2023
Order Of The Engineer Inc AZ$225,594 Executive Director $73,650 $71,683 2024
Rogue Valley Vintners OR$222,028 Executive Director $80,500 $77,891 2023
Lamoille Economic Development Corp VT$225,726 Executive Director $95,000 $94,276 2025
Bedford Chamber Of Commerce Inc VA$221,895 President $55,108 $55,440 2023
Real Estate Association Of Puget Sound WA$221,839 Chairman $70,900 $66,138 2023
Georgia Head Start Association Inc GA$221,542 Executive Director $67,371 $68,555 2024
North Carolina Motorsports NC$226,226 Executive Di $60,000 $62,742 2024
German American Business Assoc Of Calif CA$226,244 Executive Director $48,692 $42,551 2024
Misquamicut Business Association RI$226,497 Executive Di $56,300 $54,634 2024
Shoreline Chamber Of Commerce CT$226,889 President $72,500 $68,795 2024
Missouri State Assessors Association MO$220,614 Secretary $300 $322 2024
New Mexico Independent Power Producers AZ$227,260 Director $182,733 $177,853 2024
Greater Fairbanks Board Of Realtors AK$220,348 Executive Di $85,522 $82,747 2024
Fine Chocolate Industry Association WA$227,361 Executive Dir. $56,667 $52,861 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Angela Casselton) 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 453 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,528 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.