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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gen Richard G Stillwell Korean War

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521956689
VA · NTEE W30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Seung Joon Lee, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 49 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

49 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 49 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$53 total compensation of comparable organizations → $77,276 $100,000
$1,52310th
$2,82725th
$14,584Median
$30,00075th
$43,58890th
$100,000This org · 100th
p10$1,523
p25$2,827
p50$14,584
p75$30,000
p90$43,588
$100,000

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 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
Hershey Memorial Post 3502 Canteen PA$117,525 Canteen Mana $40,905 $43,495 2023
Veteran Business Project Inc IL$118,064 Ceo $72,500 $73,820 2024
American Legion Post 12 VT$109,920 Finance Offi $15,000 $15,637 2024
American Legion Post 87 NC$120,375 Finance Officer $2,200 $2,424 2023
Servicemen's Club Inc MN$108,950 Club Manager $40,062 $42,209 2023
The American Legion Northridge Post 746 Memorial Building Inc OH$120,835 Bartender $4,313 $4,609 2025
Lebaron Post Home Association PA$107,789 Director $4,700 $4,998 2023
Cecil Field Powmia Memorial Inc FL$107,335 Director $10,408 $10,126 2024
Hand In Hand Partnership AL$125,038 Secretary And Treasurer $67,084 $77,276 2023
American Legion Post 234 IN$125,706 Commander $9,809 $11,030 2023
American Legion Whitestown Post 1113 NY$127,346 Service Officer $58,425 $54,678 2024
Louisiana National Guard Enlisted Association LA$127,680 Executive Director $7,400 $8,689 2023
Feast Of Crispian WI$98,596 President & Managing Director $28,125 $31,320 2023
Kiester Legion Post 454 MN$97,728 Commander $4,716 $4,826 2024
American Legion Post 333 IN$97,240 Service Officer $4,360 $4,762 2024
St Cloud Standdown Inc MN$96,010 Director $2,400 $2,456 2024
Warriors Rock PA$135,753 Secretary $40,800 $42,139 2024
Wisconsin Vfw Foundation Inc WI$136,914 Director $4,684 $5,066 2024
Tioga American Legion Post 139 ND$137,632 Finance Officer / Gaming Manager $21,500 $24,436 2024
American Legion Post 169 Inc MI$139,586 Commander, Finance Officer $2,100 $2,311 2023
American Legion Post 401 OH$140,179 1st Vice Com $4,000 $4,517 2023
Acworth & Kennesaw Post 5408 Veterans Of Foreign W GA$142,715 Adjutant $50 $53 2023
Operation Vet Fit Inc SC$86,309 President $17,240 $18,627 2024
Semper Fi Flo Foundation MN$143,143 Executive Director $54,000 $53,838 2025
Brockport Area Veterans Club Inc NY$84,547 Treasurer $1,275 $1,229 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Seung Joon Lee) 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 49 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.