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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Buck Fifty Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811817174
OH · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dave Huggins, Executive Director / CEO ($18,333) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 224 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Dave Huggins — reported title “RACE 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

224 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 224 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$710 total compensation of comparable organizations → $279,119 $18,333
$11,86810th
$23,56725th
$43,224Median
$68,66075th
$91,11390th
$18,333This org · 17th
p10$11,868
p25$23,567
p50$43,224
p75$68,660
p90$91,113
$18,333

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 OH 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
The Elmore Bolling Initiative Inc AL$323,502 Treasurer $4,000 $3,963 2024
Central Florida Educational FL$321,167 President/director $46,702 $40,234 2024
Missouri Coalition Of Recovery Support MO$319,660 Interim Ex Dir $21,000 $20,398 2024
Appropriate Place Inc NJ$326,902 President $80,985 $66,310 2024
Pikes Peak Or Bust Rodeo Foundation CO$318,025 General Manager $37,410 $32,049 2025
The Dominguez Dream In Memory Of CA$317,313 Executive Director $71,000 $56,224 2024
From Cradle To College Foundation FL$328,000 Executive Di $100,450 $84,308 2025
One By One Costa Rica NC$316,898 Director $18,317 $17,869 2023
Great Southwest Equestrian Foundation TX$328,505 Treasurer/director $23,832 $21,862 2024
Dake Foundation For Children NY$316,350 Executive Director $55,847 $46,280 2024
Indie Chicas Fc Inc ID$329,064 Board Member & Chair $76,231 $74,368 2024
Bikes Blues & Barbeque Inc AR$329,936 Executive Di $34,100 $35,151 2024
Leading Education DC$315,241 Director $6,230 $5,013 2024
Ministry Services Group Inc GA$314,000 Ceo, Director $3,000 $2,766 2024
Maji Safi Group CO$331,801 President $36,000 $32,592 2023
Mds Foundation Inc MA$313,380 Executive Director, Clerk $35,827 $28,763 2025
Auxiliary To Greenville Health System SC$332,699 Board Member/gift Shop Manager (Until Aug 2024) $83,378 $79,769 2024
Samaritan Ministries Inc MD$312,260 Executive Director $54,736 $48,315 2023
Home Health Care Foundation PA$334,192 President $11,250 $10,288 2024
Living Resources Foundation Inc NY$311,021 Ceo $26,209 $21,719 2024
New Jersey State Federation Of Womens Clubs NJ$310,251 Care Vp $14,984 $11,953 2025
Woods Affiliation Corp PA$309,407 Treasurer $30,458 $28,677 2023
Johnson City - Jonesborough- Washington TN$308,345 President $34,332 $33,095 2024
The Community Kitchen Inc IN$308,104 Kitchen Operations Director - Starting July 8, 202 $16,640 $16,093 2024
Moebius Syndrome Foundation CO$338,157 Executive Director $90,018 $79,157 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Dave Huggins) 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 224 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,333 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.