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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Excel Sports League

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823294485
CA · NTEE N99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Fleming, Executive Director / CEO ($138,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: William Fleming — reported title “PRESIDENT DIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,285 $138,000
$5,28610th
$26,46025th
$60,102Median
$88,18875th
$115,62690th
$138,000This org · 94th
p10$5,286
p25$26,460
p50$60,102
p75$88,188
p90$115,626
$138,000

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 CA 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
Little East Conference Inc RI$446,666 Clerk/commissnr $99,808 $110,832 2024
Coon Rapids Mat Bandits Wrestling MN$439,786 President $2,400 $2,746 2024
Boston Taekwondo Project Inc MA$439,323 Director/chairman $90,802 $92,058 2025
Clipped In For Life CA$438,246 Vice President $79,591 $79,591 2024
Women Of Oz Nwa AR$434,474 Executive Di $50,650 $67,880 2023
Delta Sculling Center CA$466,628 Executive Di $10,200 $10,501 2023
Still I Run MI$426,743 Executive Director $65,000 $77,696 2024
Southern Homestead Soccer Academy Inc FL$422,979 President $41,464 $46,442 2023
Palisades Predators Hockey Club In NY$482,619 President $5,000 $5,097 2025
B&b Sports Academy NE$483,666 Director/sec $21,458 $26,728 2024
Scholastic Archery Association KY$491,886 Executive Director $82,110 $109,491 2022
Knoxville Flyers Inc TN$408,595 Director $2,340 $2,848 2024
The Common Wheel PA$492,887 Executive D $74,404 $88,465 2023
Athletic Equipment Managers VA$405,686 National Off $72,184 $78,633 2025
Elite Aquatics Sports Team Inc CA$403,657 Ceo $41,265 $42,484 2023
Naples Flag Football League Inc FL$398,954 Vice Preside $74,750 $83,724 2023
Blackpackers CO$397,798 Executive Di $86,281 $95,811 2024
Charlottesville Community Bikes VA$503,575 Executive Director ( Through 10/2024 ) $78,123 $87,355 2024
California Ultimate Association CA$504,183 Executive Director $35,868 $36,927 2023
Girls On The Run West Michigan MI$394,987 Executive Director $71,000 $84,868 2024
Diamond Barwalnut Valley Soccer League Inc CA$394,617 President $3,750 $3,750 2024
Chestnut Hill Fathers Club PA$393,517 Director $4,562 $5,424 2023
Capoeira For Tomorrow Inc FL$512,513 Vp/ Executive Director $40,000 $43,517 2024
Washington State Referee Committee WA$513,766 State Referee Administrator $32,190 $33,376 2024
Cm Baseball League AZ$386,571 President $79,500 $88,543 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (William Fleming) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,000 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.