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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mattersville

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830571280
CO · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy Andrew Robertson, Executive Director / CEO ($11,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Timothy Andrew Robertson — reported title “President & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,337 total compensation of comparable organizations → $610,362 $11,500
$6,08810th
$16,56425th
$33,726Median
$59,68075th
$89,28490th
$11,500This org · 17th
p10$6,088
p25$16,564
p50$33,726
p75$59,680
p90$89,284
$11,500

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 CO 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
American Legion Post #144 MI$256,579 Office Manager $30,913 $32,321 2024
Utah Veterans Alliance UT$258,394 President $46,600 $48,312 2024
Joint Service Special Operations MT$258,941 Executive Di $40,000 $43,676 2024
Patriot Military Family Foundation NC$250,832 Executive Director $19,500 $21,013 2023
American Legion Post 233 IL$250,649 Manager $43,705 $43,524 2024
Amigo Air Sho Inc TX$250,000 Ceo $30,707 $31,115 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department DE$266,283 Service Offi $60,000 $57,977 2025
Enlisted Assoc Of Natl Guard O TN$244,860 Exec Asst $41,000 $43,656 2024
Bourn Free Foundation NV$267,799 Cfo Treasure $9,000 $9,139 2024
Watson & Black American Legion Post 126 PA$242,753 Manager $19,624 $20,409 2023
Paralyzed Veterans Of America North Cent SD$268,925 Executive Director - Left 08/2024 $86,077 $96,229 2024
Armed Forces Services Center MN$240,858 Executive Di $48,677 $47,466 2025
Burn Pits 360 TX$239,581 Director $60,000 $60,797 2024
Dunham House Inc NE$239,278 Executive Director $110,000 $119,845 2024
Warrior Strong Inc PA$236,873 President $75,385 $76,151 2024
Lake County Honor Flight IL$234,502 Executive Director $28,680 $29,405 2023
New Hampshire Veterans Association NH$280,385 President $1,950 $1,824 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United PA$281,123 Treasurer/secretary $54,074 $54,624 2024
South Dade Womens Veterans Alliance Inc FL$229,790 Ceo/executive Director $65,936 $62,745 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 8794 OH$282,624 Chaplain $48,288 $50,472 2025
Lutheran Military Veterans IN$227,755 Executive Di $62,385 $66,641 2024
American Legion Post 13 AK$226,785 Manager $33,600 $33,501 2023
The Heroes Project CA$285,068 Director $697,799 $610,362 2024
Knott Alone--hold Fast VA$225,184 Ceo $16,197 $15,841 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars MN$224,089 Quartermast $9,705 $10,001 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2023 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 CO 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Timothy Andrew Robertson) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $11,500 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.