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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gateway To The Great Outdoors

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815044989
IL · NTEE S80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nadav Sprague, Executive Director / CEO ($25,631) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nadav Sprague — reported title “President Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$818 total compensation of comparable organizations → $126,229 $25,631
$5,43710th
$16,07025th
$51,460Median
$71,54475th
$98,11790th
$25,631This org · 35th
p10$5,437
p25$16,070
p50$51,460
p75$71,544
p90$98,117
$25,631

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 IL 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
Arab American Friendship Center MI$257,245 Executive Director $47,684 $50,063 2024
Youth Leadership Authority Inc NV$257,686 President Executive Director $82,200 $86,286 2023
Atlanta Woman's Club GA$259,551 Director Of Sales And Even $115,743 $118,376 2024
Lexington Lions Club Endowment Inc KY$260,764 Secretary & $3,000 $3,278 2024
Front Range Community Services Inc CO$262,100 Exec Director $55,583 $55,814 2023
Leadership Macomb Inc MI$262,652 Executive Director $108,817 $114,246 2024
Ministry Of Zoey's Place TX$248,890 President $11,520 $11,721 2024
Gapps Global Alliance To Prevent WA$265,582 Treasurer $24,000 $21,856 2024
The 1477 Corporation Of Bergenfield NJ$247,858 Secretary $4,500 $3,981 2025
Mentor Discover Inspire Inc CA$246,941 Program Development Director $24,000 $21,703 2023
Coastal Communities Family Success NJ$267,798 Executive Director $75,000 $70,125 2023
Rochester Rotary Club NY$246,305 Executive Director $9,493 $8,500 2025
San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation CA$245,585 Executive Dir. $12,438 $10,925 2024
North Carolinas Eastern Alliance NC$270,119 President/ceo $3,000 $3,247 2023
Senior Center Of Langlade County In WI$270,449 Program Director $33,991 $37,175 2023
Mt Juliet Help Center TN$243,235 Director $44,233 $47,293 2024
Working Men Of Christ Inc KS$240,294 Executive Director $42,000 $46,153 2024
Community Services Agency Of The DC$276,632 Executive Director Thru March 2024 $112,909 $100,782 2024
Onevirginia2021 Foundation VA$281,741 Executive Di $95,833 $94,120 2024
Friends Of The Trail WA$281,741 President, Executive Director, Director $101,285 $89,861 2025
Columbus Rotary Foundation Inc OH$283,453 Secretary $1,438 $1,594 2023
Greater Cheyenne Foundation WY$284,004 Secretary $47,245 $51,460 2024
House Of Compassion IA$229,933 Executive Director $51,000 $58,478 2023
Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & Lgbt Services TX$284,932 Executive Director $64,126 $67,175 2023
Mcleod Alliance MN$285,813 Director $66,511 $66,849 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Nadav Sprague) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,631 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.