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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shelby Owls Club Nest 2553 Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 542106714
OH · NTEE Y40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dawanna Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($29,120) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 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: Dawanna Johnson — reported title “SECRETARY/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$75 total compensation of comparable organizations → $27,072 $29,120
$1,14410th
$2,05425th
$5,237Median
$10,62575th
$15,74290th
$29,120This org · 100th
p10$1,144
p25$2,054
p50$5,237
p75$10,625
p90$15,742
$29,120

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 OH 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
Sierra Vista Lodge No 2065 AZ$141,677 Secretary $6,000 $5,307 2025
Sons Of Italy PA$141,177 President $1,800 $1,695 2024
Masonic Charities Of Maryland Inc MD$152,882 Grand Secretary $9,099 $8,269 2023
Bpoe Elks Palmetto Lodge 2449 FL$137,282 Secretary $3,218 $2,854 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks WV$134,349 Treasurer $2,400 $2,453 2024
Uniao Portuguesa Beneficente Inc RI$133,796 President $1,000 $905 2024
Benv & Protective Order Of Elks 310 ID$157,838 Secretary $9,500 $9,296 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks 2641 Decatur TN$131,406 Treasurer $2,700 $2,610 2025
Benevolent & Protective Order Of AL$161,081 Treasurer $5,200 $5,167 2025
Fraternal Order Of Eagles 1502 WI$161,760 Secretary $1,836 $1,810 2024
Fulton Elks Lodge NY$126,033 Treasurer $2,500 $2,078 2025
Montana State Elks Association Llc MT$165,106 Treasurer $2,000 $1,983 2025
Indpt Order Of Odd Fellows Columbian Encampment #1 DC$124,410 Secretary $600 $485 2025
Fraternal Order Of Eagles MO$121,924 Bartender $14,603 $14,227 2025
Loyal Order Of The Moose 1560 TN$175,498 Administrator $28,000 $27,072 2025
Fraternal Order Of Eagles OH$109,239 Secretary $75 $75 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 4336 MO$184,174 Bartender $11,110 $10,824 2025
Greenfield Moose Family Center 997 Loom MA$104,541 Administrator $18,200 $15,043 2025
Pennsylvania Sons And Daughters Of Italy PA$188,561 Bar-tender $11,007 $10,364 2024
Coventry-west Greenwich Lodge #2285 Of The Bpoe RI$196,664 Secretary $4,100 $3,616 2025
Wayne D Clark Aerie 4488 VA$199,060 Worthy Presi $25,460 $23,210 2024
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks FL$200,491 1 Year Trustee $14,625 $12,637 2025
Fraternal Order Of Eagles CA$202,792 Secretary $5,542 $4,402 2025
Cloquet Lodge 1274 Loyal Order Of Moose MN$204,882 Administrator $10,400 $9,702 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles VT$205,841 Secretary Tr $11,110 $10,558 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 (Dawanna Johnson) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,120 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 10, 2026.