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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Southwest Conference

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 752660573
TX · NTEE N40
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Carlton, Executive Director / CEO ($94,911) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Carlton — reported title “FORMER COMMISSIONER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,024 total compensation of comparable organizations → $110,592 $94,911
$6,33510th
$9,21425th
$19,267Median
$62,79975th
$96,37790th
$94,911This org · 84th
p10$6,335
p25$9,214
p50$19,267
p75$62,799
p90$96,377
$94,911

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 TX 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
Minnesota Renegades MN$286,672 Vice President $11,880 $11,398 2024
The Big North Athletic Conference Inc NJ$279,045 Executive Director $10,000 $8,446 2025
Incline Sports Corporation OR$266,884 President $64,320 $58,000 2024
10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc CO$264,538 Director/coach $20,100 $19,267 2023
Fit & Able Productions Inc NC$313,873 Executive Director $96,000 $96,318 2024
Sheriff Pal Program MI$263,765 Executive Director $63,500 $63,642 2024
Sooner Athletic Conference AR$260,873 Commissioner $101,325 $110,592 2024
Shorewood Swim Club Foundation Inc WI$322,818 Executive Dir. $92,984 $91,863 2025
North Atlantic Conference Inc ME$327,188 Executive Dir. $106,461 $100,845 2025
Abs Park MT$248,188 Vice President $8,000 $8,373 2024
Next Step Archery WA$330,823 Vice Preside $10,154 $8,828 2024
Cheshire County Shooting Sports Educatio NH$245,318 General Manager $17,550 $16,200 2023
North Jersey Interscholastic NJ$243,235 Executive Director $7,500 $6,335 2025
Excellence Thru Athletics Corp CA$242,518 President $9,145 $7,894 2023
Karatedo Honma Dojo Inc NY$242,136 Executive Director & Chief Instruct $50,350 $44,178 2024
Pine City Civic Center Association MN$337,878 Treasurer $3,358 $3,139 2025
The Fairfield County Interscholasti CT$341,040 President $1,125 $1,024 2024
Bay Area Youth Baseball Foundation CA$236,845 President $60,000 $51,794 2023
National Collegiate Acrobatics And Tumbling Association WA$230,783 Executive Director $17,500 $14,822 2025
Genesis Foundation For Fitness & Tennis KS$226,281 Executive Director $49,792 $53,775 2023
Super Essex Conference NJ$354,550 Executive Director $3,525 $2,978 2025
Capital Athletic Conference Inc FL$220,355 Commissioner $91,394 $81,220 2025
Rockford Barbell IL$218,596 Treasurer $17,888 $17,076 2024
Dual County League Inc MA$214,827 Exec Sec $11,002 $9,600 2024
Mile High Rowing Club CO$210,547 Head Coach $42,000 $40,260 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Amy Carlton) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $94,911 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.