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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cooperation Station

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522180972
MN · NTEE P33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jadee Goetz, Executive Director / CEO ($43,468) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 140 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

140 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 140 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,601 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,702 $43,468
$10,95710th
$25,66225th
$38,641Median
$51,99975th
$63,78090th
$43,468This org · 58th
p10$10,957
p25$25,662
p50$38,641
p75$51,999
p90$63,780
$43,468

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Ortega Trail Youth Center IncCA $198,831$46,562 990
Native American Child Care Center IncIA $198,432$60,944 990
Community Childhood Learning PlaceME $200,452$46,994 990
Crestline Child Care IncOH $201,072$44,559 990
Center City Academy IncKS $197,304$69,028 990
Country Living Learning CenterCO $202,409$36,773 990
Cornerstone Association Of Ministers And Educators IncTX $202,695$11,800 990
Chicago Latvian Child Care And PreschoolIL $202,749$49,780 990
Teach & Learn Childcare IncOH $203,003$25,779 990
Toledo Independent Childcare CenterOH $195,395$14,792 990
Church Street Community LtdNY $203,463$30,068 990
Child Christ Playhouse MinistriesIN $194,908$32,059 990
Larry Kings Clubhouse ChildrensNC $204,986$71,018 990
Little Tikes Daycare IncSD $192,554$27,535 990
Wapakoneta Children's Learning CentOH $206,601$38,625 990
Grandmothers House Of San Luis Obispo CountyCA $207,192$52,613 990
Horizons Unlimited IncME $207,295$12,826 990
Little Busy Bodies Daycare Inc NfpIL $207,410$5,799 990
Tullahoma Day Care Center IncTN $207,826$56,310 990
Lily Missions CenterMI $189,295$25,712 990
Successful Children Learning Center IiMD $210,269$31,415 990
Greenacres Child Care CenterTX $210,721$37,891 990
Keeps IncNY $210,746$74,747 990
Care And Share Day Homes IncGA $210,774$75,396 990
Telluride Preschool And Daycare IncCO $211,454$63,221 990

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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Jadee Goetz) 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 140 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,468 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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). 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.