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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Loppet Adventures

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824416326
MN · NTEE N50
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Claire Wilson, Executive Director / CEO ($119,932) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 11 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Claire Wilson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

11 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 11 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$610 total compensation of comparable organizations → $248,309 $119,932
$1,24310th
$1,70425th
$6,869Median
$66,04175th
$110,85090th
$119,932This org · 91st
p10$1,243
p25$1,704
p50$6,869
p75$66,041
p90$110,850
$119,932

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 MN 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
Golden Gate Stem Fair CA$11,850 Director $5,000 $4,485 2024
Saint Cloud Senior Mens Rugby MN$12,632 President $1,950 $2,061 2023
San Francisco Hoops Foundation CA$11,290 Secretary&tr $1,500 $1,346 2024
Opole Baseball Club & Recreation MN$13,281 Gambling Mgr $6,500 $6,869 2023
Old Tennis Club Inc NY$10,200 President $114,702 $110,850 2023
Noma Parks Foundation DC$14,524 Chief Financial Officer (Outgoing) $41,885 $38,182 2024
Champlin Park Baseball Association MN$16,286 At Large/gam $88,411 $93,431 2023
Youth Rodeo Association TX$16,660 Secretary $37,196 $38,651 2024
Rally Charlotte NC$17,623 Executive Di $224,700 $248,309 2023
Pennsylvania Sports Hall Of Fame Inc PA$17,757 Treasurer $1,200 $1,243 2024
Western Pyrotechnic Association Inc CO$17,825 President $595 $610 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 MN 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Claire Wilson) 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 11 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119,932 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.