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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montana Petroleum Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810525334
MT · NTEE S46
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alan Olson, Executive Director / CEO ($62,231) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alan Olson — reported title “Prev Exec. Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,737 total compensation of comparable organizations → $250,173 $62,231
$16,21010th
$84,95225th
$110,182Median
$150,45875th
$223,94190th
$62,231This org · 20th
p10$16,210
p25$84,952
p50$110,182
p75$150,458
p90$223,941
$62,231

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 MT 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
Medical Staff Of Good Samaritan Hospital CA$427,380 Past Chief Of Staff $14,688 $11,766 2024
Energy Trading Institute DC$423,863 Secretary $294,796 $239,987 2024
Industry Council For Emergency Response DC$402,605 Executive Director $223,321 $187,171 2023
Bctgm Local Union 167g ND$462,735 President $106,704 $108,631 2024
Home Builder's Association Of St Joseph IN$382,462 Executive Director $69,900 $70,404 2023
West Virginia Association Of WV$476,677 Executive Director $102,078 $102,533 2024
Hawaii Asphalt Paving Industry HI$365,905 Executive Di $204,718 $165,650 2025
Dakota Territory Gun Collectors SD$505,617 President $4,494 $4,737 2023
Park City Area Home Builders Association UT$506,845 Executive Officer $133,125 $126,399 2024
New York Gaming Association Inc NY$345,000 Executive Dir. $168,465 $145,394 2023
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association AK$512,574 Executive Director $135,000 $119,735 2024
Ohio Association Of Physician Assistants OH$305,495 Executive Director $104,300 $102,482 2024
Society For Pediatric Interventional CO$295,763 Executive Director $24,286 $21,604 2024
Project First Rate IL$295,209 Executive Director $112,170 $99,666 2025
International Boarding & Pet Services NM$565,513 Ceo $90,000 $89,801 2024
Petroleum Industry Data Exchange TX$288,350 President & Director Post 12/20/24 $18,000 $16,704 2024
Healthy Markets Association DC$581,673 President/ce $307,308 $250,173 2024
California Association Of Public CA$604,685 Executive Dir. $178,173 $139,049 2025
Commercial Board Of Realtors Inc MI$611,375 Ceo $116,688 $111,733 2024
Missouri Biotechnology Association MO$637,473 Executive Di $219,612 $222,158 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Alan Olson) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,231 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.