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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jacksonville-onslow Sports Commission

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562241993
NC · NTEE N40
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($98,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Scott Smith — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,048 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,524 $98,600
$5,92610th
$15,11325th
$61,362Median
$98,22975th
$117,78690th
$98,600This org · 77th
p10$5,926
p25$15,113
p50$61,362
p75$98,229
p90$117,786
$98,600

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 NC 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
Overland Park Soccer KS$398,597 Academy Director $49,458 $53,080 2024
Tidal Wave Swim Foundation Inc GA$407,922 President/head Coach $63,458 $63,386 2024
Angels Boxing Academy Limited IL$411,044 President $106,888 $107,475 2023
Super Essex Conference NJ$354,550 Executive Director $3,525 $3,046 2025
The Fairfield County Interscholasti CT$341,040 President $1,125 $1,048 2024
Pine City Civic Center Association MN$337,878 Treasurer $3,358 $3,211 2025
Next Step Archery WA$330,823 Vice Preside $10,154 $9,031 2024
North Atlantic Conference Inc ME$327,188 Executive Dir. $106,461 $103,172 2025
Shorewood Swim Club Foundation Inc WI$322,818 Executive Dir. $92,984 $93,983 2025
Northwest Conference OR$459,760 Commissioner $89,704 $80,622 2025
Fit & Able Productions Inc NC$313,873 Executive Director $96,000 $98,540 2024
Usa South Athletic Conference Inc GA$480,904 Commissioner $135,738 $132,088 2025
American Southwest Conference TX$289,138 Former Commissioner $94,911 $97,101 2023
California Fitness Fun Inc CA$486,508 President $45,000 $38,602 2024
St Charles County Youth Soccer MO$488,019 Executive Director $89,819 $97,297 2023
Minnesota Renegades MN$286,672 Vice President $11,880 $11,661 2024
The Big North Athletic Conference Inc NJ$279,045 Executive Director $10,000 $8,641 2025
Omaha Sports Commission NE$504,252 President/executive Director $111,294 $122,427 2023
Incline Sports Corporation OR$266,884 President $64,320 $59,338 2024
10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc CO$264,538 Director/coach $20,100 $19,712 2023
Sheriff Pal Program MI$263,765 Executive Director $63,500 $65,111 2024
Sooner Athletic Conference AR$260,873 Commissioner $101,325 $113,144 2024
College Conference Of Illinois And IL$516,931 Executive Dir. $13,905 $13,580 2024
Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Inc OH$539,037 Executive Director $31,212 $31,994 2025
Nhb Futbol Club Inc CA$543,450 President $33,068 $28,366 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC cost of living and 2025 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 NC 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Scott Smith) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $98,600 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.