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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Us Army Warrant Officers Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 520992682
VA · NTEE W30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cara I Rinkokk, Executive Director / CEO ($62,398) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cara I Rinkokk — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ EDITOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$53 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,533 $62,398
$2,06510th
$6,70125th
$24,436Median
$43,95875th
$63,75490th
$62,398This org · 89th
p10$2,065
p25$6,701
p50$24,436
p75$43,958
p90$63,754
$62,398

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 VA 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
Hero Expeditions Incorporated CO$170,678 Executive Director $36,000 $35,751 2024
U S Veterans Post 104 Corporation FL$170,207 Quartermaster $2,000 $2,003 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department Of AK$176,865 Quartermaster $5,990 $6,106 2023
Veterans Education Project VA$170,000 Executive Director $30,000 $30,000 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 2832 Pike Memorial OH$169,487 Quartermaster $1,456 $1,597 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United States Dept Of Florida FL$179,435 Quartermaster $2,600 $2,464 2025
Fleet Reserve Club Of Jax Fl Inc FL$166,714 Manager $46,375 $43,958 2025
Whitehall Lodge No 1491 Bpoe NY$180,612 Secretary $1,500 $1,367 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars 9566vfw-mass MA$180,705 Past Quartermaster $4,410 $4,104 2024
American Legion Post 0094 Charles Pratt Post IN$182,068 Bar Gaming Manager $38,055 $40,492 2025
Veterans Of Foreign War Auxiliary Department Of Ka KS$163,979 Secretary Jr Vic President $6,900 $7,521 2025
Spencer-ralston Post No 1254 KS$163,557 Quatermaster $750 $818 2025
American Patriot Service Corporatio UT$184,349 President $11,999 $12,719 2024
In Honor Of Our Troops MD$159,452 Chairman President $26,000 $25,175 2024
Roa Standing Together For America's DC$159,298 Executive Director $18,644 $17,445 2023
Pin-ups For Vets CA$188,710 President $107,529 $96,165 2024
Watsontown American Legion Club Inc PA$189,157 Finance Officer $4,050 $4,183 2024
Kirk Casey Post No 366 Of The American Legion Depa NY$157,640 1st Vice Commander $35,500 $34,205 2023
Walter Jones Post 2876 Veterans Of IL$191,118 Jr Vice Comm $10,830 $11,027 2024
The Jewish War Veterans Of The United DC$154,544 National Executive Director $3,021 $2,827 2023
Lexington Vfw Post 8738 SC$151,619 Canteen Manager $25,476 $27,526 2024
Vietnam Veterans Of America #317 MO$195,555 President $34,182 $36,530 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The ME$151,224 Commander $300 $311 2024
American Legion Post 204 Harold N Keith MA$196,764 Finance Officer $7,200 $6,701 2024
Operation Barnabas Inc FL$149,300 Ceo $24,000 $24,041 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Cara I Rinkokk) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,398 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.