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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Willard & Alpha Wiegrefe Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474338915
MN · NTEE L99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Harley Meiners, Executive Director / CEO ($3,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Harley Meiners — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$212 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,562 $3,600
$13,21410th
$19,18025th
$25,101Median
$45,97575th
$64,74490th
$3,600This org · 6th
p10$13,214
p25$19,180
p50$25,101
p75$45,975
p90$64,744
$3,600

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
Bsdc Neighborhood Homes Hdfc NY$74,983 President And Ceo $17,701 $15,723 2024
Spring Place Inc MD$72,580 President $20,272 $19,180 2023
Central Ms Assisted Living Home MS$72,000 Director $15,600 $17,584 2023
Patriot Community Development Inc TX$84,746 Treasurer $173,421 $175,562 2023
Oldetowne Homes Inc MD$67,425 President $20,272 $19,180 2023
Life Concepts Independent Living Ii Inc FL$65,896 Chief Executive Officer $24,427 $23,223 2023
Leeway-scattered Site Housing Inc CT$91,224 Executive Director $29,593 $28,081 2023
Valley Of The Sun School Properties Three AZ$93,344 Director $19,940 $19,407 2023
Hickernell Homes Inc MD$95,239 President $20,272 $19,180 2023
Housing Opportunites Made Easier CA$97,236 Executive Director $61,468 $52,175 2024
Spectrum Haworth Home Inc NJ$57,055 President/ceo $54,495 $47,828 2024
Pendlove Inc TN$100,148 Executive Director $25,360 $26,978 2023
Champion Place Inc NY$100,442 Treasurer $8,287 $7,361 2024
Lss Housing South Willow Inc WI$100,492 President $38,239 $40,416 2023
Tiny Village Spirit CA$104,151 Executive Director $250 $212 2024
Metro North Community Development Corp FL$108,340 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,407 2024
Broward Coalition For The Homeless FL$110,120 Chairman $91,015 $86,530 2023
Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association NY$110,937 Director $32,800 $28,384 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Harley Meiners) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,600 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.