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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Us Space Walk Of Fame Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593267408
FL · NTEE A57I
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karin Conklin, Executive Director / CEO ($32,931) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1846 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Karin Conklin — reported title “PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,846 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,846 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22 total compensation of comparable organizations → $305,023 $32,931
$6,37310th
$19,46225th
$39,594Median
$59,53875th
$78,48290th
$32,931This org · 42nd
p10$6,373
p25$19,462
p50$39,594
p75$59,538
p90$78,482
$32,931

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 FL 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
Catholic Literary Arts TX$187,228 President And Founder $19,500 $20,764 2024
Capitol View Arts TX$187,062 President $66,000 $70,278 2024
51 Walden Inc MA$187,311 Secretary And Director $38,521 $35,898 2025
Denver Museum Of Miniatures Dolls & Toys CO$187,017 Museum Director $58,320 $61,286 2023
Western States Communication Association MT$187,356 Executive Director $12,500 $14,767 2023
Washington Metropolitan VA$187,379 Executive Di $30,000 $30,834 2024
Torrance Chinese School CA$186,971 President $15,404 $13,794 2025
St Charles History Museum IL$187,467 Executive Dir. $58,000 $60,698 2024
Leadership Hendricks County IN$186,890 Executive Director $55,860 $62,706 2024
Indy Convergence Inc IN$187,607 Managing Director $12,445 $14,383 2023
Preserve Chattanooga Inc TN$186,750 Executive Director $95,727 $107,111 2024
Mower County Historical Society MN$186,707 Executive Director $52,824 $55,562 2024
Six Nations Iroquois Cultural NY$187,701 Treasurer $13,800 $13,667 2023
Opera Ithaca Incorporated NY$186,663 Managing Director $20,838 $20,044 2024
Riverside Arts Center IL$186,596 Frmr Exec Dir $31,706 $34,161 2023
Oberlin Choristers OH$186,552 Artist Director $22,167 $24,348 2025
Modern And Contemporary Art Support Corp NY$187,869 Secretary $43,041 $42,624 2023
Western Justice OR$186,494 Director/sec/treas $30,000 $29,656 2024
Friends Of Hart Inc OR$187,904 President $15,250 $14,687 2025
Technology Broadcasting Corporation MA$188,000 Director $75,955 $74,802 2023
Dayton International Peace Museum OH$186,358 Executive Di $66,650 $77,365 2023
Mount Mansfield Community Television VT$188,073 Executive Director $61,712 $66,120 2024
White Pool House Friends TX$188,105 Exec. At Large $22,586 $24,050 2024
Crearte Latino Cultural Center Corp FL$188,130 Director $60,000 $60,000 2024
Allegro The Chamber Orchestra Of PA$186,161 Ceo $32,008 $33,978 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Karin Conklin) 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 1846 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,931 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.