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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Feast Of Crispian

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810689965
WI · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Smith-watson, Executive Director / CEO ($28,125) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 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: Nancy Smith-watson — reported title “President & Managing Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$48 total compensation of comparable organizations → $89,800 $28,125
$1,61810th
$3,57925th
$8,776Median
$22,20175th
$48,49890th
$28,125This org · 77th
p10$1,618
p25$3,579
p50$8,776
p75$22,201
p90$48,498
$28,125

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 WI 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
Kiester Legion Post 454 MN$97,728 Commander $4,716 $4,334 2024
American Legion Post 333 IN$97,240 Service Officer $4,360 $4,276 2024
St Cloud Standdown Inc MN$96,010 Director $2,400 $2,205 2024
Cecil Field Powmia Memorial Inc FL$107,335 Director $10,408 $9,093 2024
Lebaron Post Home Association PA$107,789 Director $4,700 $4,488 2023
Servicemen's Club Inc MN$108,950 Club Manager $40,062 $37,904 2023
American Legion Post 12 VT$109,920 Finance Offi $15,000 $14,042 2024
Operation Vet Fit Inc SC$86,309 President $17,240 $16,727 2024
Brockport Area Veterans Club Inc NY$84,547 Treasurer $1,275 $1,103 2023
Us For Warriors Foundation CA$84,114 Executive Director $2,175 $1,747 2024
Department Of Massachusetts Vfw Auxiliary Inc MA$83,297 President $4,703 $3,931 2024
Gen Richard G Stillwell Korean War VA$114,696 President $100,000 $89,800 2024
American Legion Post 165 CT$81,585 Adjutant $500 $425 2025
Veterans Home Association Of Valley View PA$80,299 Head Bar Tender $23,188 $22,142 2023
Lake Zurich Post 964 American Legion IL$80,105 Finance Officer (Thru 10/24) $19,875 $18,173 2024
Hershey Memorial Post 3502 Canteen PA$117,525 Canteen Mana $40,905 $39,059 2023
100 Entrepreneurs Foundation Inc MD$79,404 President & $37,579 $33,640 2023
Veteran Business Project Inc IL$118,064 Ceo $72,500 $66,290 2024
Silver Spring Memorial Post 2562 Vf MD$78,130 Post Quartermaster $2,600 $2,327 2023
American Legion Post 87 NC$120,375 Finance Officer $2,200 $2,177 2023
The American Legion Northridge Post 746 Memorial Building Inc OH$120,835 Bartender $4,313 $4,139 2025
Patriotic Kenny Foundation MN$75,889 Executive Di $6,500 $5,974 2024
Byron L Sylvaro Post 82 American Legion MA$75,389 Jr Vice Commander $10,500 $8,776 2024
American Legion VT$74,473 First Vice Commander $3,348 $3,227 2023
American Legion Post #132 Emerson & Lane ME$72,742 Commander $1,200 $1,089 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Nancy Smith-watson) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,125 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.