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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Cheyenne Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830306386
WY · NTEE S80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dale Steenbergen, Executive Director / CEO ($47,245) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$751 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,111 $47,245
$7,95110th
$21,93725th
$50,620Median
$74,36875th
$96,42090th
$47,245This org · 47th
p10$7,951
p25$21,937
p50$50,620
p75$74,368
p90$96,420
$47,245

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 WY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Columbus Rotary Foundation IncOH $283,453$1,464 990
Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & Lgbt ServicesTX $284,932$61,673 990
Mcleod AllianceMN $285,813$61,374 990
The Lutheran Service Society Of New YorkNY $285,829$62,488 990
Onevirginia2021 FoundationVA $281,741$86,411 990
Friends Of The TrailWA $281,741$82,501 990
Community Services Agency Of TheDC $276,632$92,528 990
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Of TnTN $292,452$11,779 990
Volunteer Center Of The Lehigh ValleyPA $294,103$73,021 990
Spectrum Of Findlay IncOH $294,496$14,002 990
Hillsboro Economic Development CorpND $295,915$8,539 990
Families First Of Monroe County IncWI $296,528$54,990 990
Senior Center Of Langlade County InWI $270,449$34,130 990
Birmingham BloomfieldMI $297,753$97,939 990
North Carolinas Eastern AllianceNC $270,119$2,981 990
Coastal Communities Family SuccessNJ $267,798$64,381 990
Gapps Global Alliance To PreventWA $265,582$20,066 990
Mining The TruthTX $304,304$84,074 990
Kumu Kahua Theatre IncHI $305,302$61,687 990
Leadership Macomb IncMI $262,652$104,889 990
Front Range Community Services IncCO $262,100$51,243 990
Send Musicians To PrisonTN $306,358$68,822 990
Lexington Lions Club Endowment IncKY $260,764$3,010 990
Atlanta Woman's ClubGA $259,551$108,681 990
Neighbors PlusMI $309,345$50,620 990

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 WY 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Dale Steenbergen) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,245 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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). 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.