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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Safe Climbing Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680419449
CO · NTEE N99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory B Barnes, Executive Director / CEO ($52,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gregory B Barnes — reported title “Treasurer and Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$391 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,628 $52,000
$2,54910th
$10,28025th
$28,525Median
$58,49375th
$68,34690th
$52,000This org · 70th
p10$2,549
p25$10,280
p50$28,525
p75$58,493
p90$68,346
$52,000

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 CO 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
Waxahachie Youth Athletic Association TX$201,932 Basketball President $945 $986 2023
Uga Hockey Foundation Inc GA$198,358 Head Coach $9,352 $10,208 2022
Premier Athletics Club Inc VA$198,000 Director $49,500 $48,414 2024
Rogers Lions Club MN$197,134 Gambling Manager $14,400 $14,413 2024
Vail Vikings Football & Cheer Inc AZ$206,339 President $1,200 $1,169 2024
Arizona College Football Officials AZ$206,953 President $1,750 $1,705 2024
Access - Arts Community Culture Education Sports And Science NM$189,479 Executive Director $66,100 $72,016 2024
Nova Field Hockey Xtreme Llc VA$212,996 Ceo, Founder, Coach $10,750 $10,515 2024
United Soccer Foundation Inc UT$185,431 Administrator $25,833 $27,573 2023
Friends Of Sequoia Therapeutic Recreation WA$217,034 Executive Director $70,052 $65,408 2023
Epsol Inc TX$217,667 Director $42,965 $43,535 2024
Cobl PA$217,677 President, E $48,200 $47,434 2025
Adirondack Hamlets To Huts Inc NY$219,167 Executive Di $16,475 $15,080 2024
Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop VA$219,471 Executive Di $48,000 $46,947 2024
American Sand Association AZ$222,451 Executive Director $60,781 $59,212 2024
Collegiate Womens Lacrosse Officiating Association NC$223,365 Interim Eecutive Director $19,554 $21,071 2023
Morris County Secondary Schools Ice Hockey League Inc NJ$223,404 President $3,000 $2,643 2025
Budo Accelerator Inc CA$224,502 Chief Executive Officer And Board Director $100,000 $87,470 2024
Polish American Club Of Newington CT$226,003 President $400 $391 2023
Silver Lakes Gymnastics A California Benefit Corporation CA$226,138 Director $12,000 $10,497 2024
Surge Volleyball Club Ri RI$171,831 Directorpresident $3,000 $2,914 2024
Oakland Rhythmics MI$229,399 Former Exec Director $26,715 $27,932 2024
Pittsburgh Pirates Alumni Assoc Inc PA$169,846 Director $5,000 $5,051 2024
Earn A Bike Org TX$232,490 Executive Director $64,938 $67,744 2023
Three Peaks Performance OR$236,198 President $21,139 $19,886 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2023 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 CO 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Gregory B Barnes) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.