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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montana Ffa Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 816019169
MT · NTEE O52Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jim Rose, Executive Director / CEO ($82,030) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 916 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jim Rose — reported title “STATE ADVISOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

916 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 916 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,730 $82,030
$11,84710th
$27,85225th
$49,052Median
$67,06775th
$84,31890th
$82,030This org · 88th
p10$11,847
p25$27,852
p50$49,052
p75$67,067
p90$84,318
$82,030

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
New Hope Community Development CA$295,653 Executive Dir. $16,000 $13,196 2023
The Prodigy Project WA$295,991 President $18,000 $14,950 2024
Right From The Start GA$296,138 Executive Director $67,031 $62,525 2024
Montana Outfitters And Guides Education Institute MT$295,143 Executive Director $25,000 $25,738 2023
Focusfish Inc CA$296,355 Executive Dir. $73,963 $61,000 2023
Association For Space Science IN$294,794 Executive Di $35,000 $33,358 2025
Im A Movement Not A Monument CA$294,495 Ceo $19,875 $15,921 2024
Goal Line Ministries Inc GA$294,395 Director $26,923 $25,855 2023
Huntley Youth Football Inc IL$294,377 President $450 $410 2024
D & N Event Center Inc NE$294,262 Board Member $23,200 $23,149 2024
The Consumption Literacy Project CO$294,184 Secretary $42,750 $39,152 2023
Camp Gan Israel Of Greater New Haven Inc CT$294,067 Chairman $48,000 $41,751 2024
Boys & Girls Club Of Southwest AL$297,629 Executive Di $50,944 $52,566 2023
Middleton Youth Hockey Inc WI$293,484 President $400 $388 2024
Girls On The Run Idaho Inc ID$297,943 Executive Dir. $80,250 $79,196 2024
Faith Youth Services Inc FL$292,943 Executive Director (Ceo) $77,000 $67,105 2024
Kidtek Nfp IL$298,416 Director $54,266 $49,492 2024
Gibbon Conservation Center CA$292,721 Key Employee $42,480 $34,029 2024
Girls On The Run Of Mid And Western Mary MD$292,640 Executive Dir. $44,675 $37,748 2025
Ohio City Bicycle Coop Inc OH$292,564 Executive Director $31,330 $30,784 2024
Jobs By George Foundation CO$298,932 President $20,000 $17,791 2024
Young Masterminds Initiative Inc NY$299,143 Board Chair Ceo $84,583 $72,999 2023
Kc United Youth Family Sports & Education Association KS$299,174 Program Director $16,368 $16,888 2023
Boys And Girls Club Of Eden NY$292,062 Executive Di $61,566 $51,610 2024
The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation NJ$299,466 President & Ceo $29,167 $24,159 2024

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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Jim Rose) 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 916 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $82,030 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.