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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clarkston Family Discovery Farm

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831986568
MI · NTEE O52
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chelsea O'brian, Executive Director / CEO ($48,768) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 644 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chelsea O'brian — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

644 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 644 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $157,012 $48,768
$10,05810th
$24,64125th
$46,542Median
$65,67975th
$84,64190th
$48,768This org · 53rd
p10$10,058
p25$24,641
p50$46,542
p75$65,679
p90$84,641
$48,768

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 MI 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
Building Mosaics Solutions Inc MD$212,650 Officer $111,716 $101,189 2024
Raceway Gives Foundation IL$212,544 Director $31,500 $30,003 2024
Boys To Men Mentoring Network Of HI$212,456 Secretary $60,661 $52,618 2024
Ann Arbor A's Travel Baseball MI$212,922 President $54,855 $56,475 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc KS$212,981 State Director Employee $110,400 $115,552 2024
Purpose Foundation For Youth IL$213,157 President $10,500 $10,001 2024
Sasc CA$213,204 Secretary $6,575 $5,501 2024
Children Of Promise Mentoring IA$213,274 Officer $101,792 $107,982 2024
Kids First Family Fellowship Inc GA$213,285 Director $23,867 $23,250 2024
Harlan Christian Youth Center Inc IN$211,807 President $56,692 $57,922 2024
Girls On The Run Of New Orleans LA$213,439 Executive Dir. $63,502 $69,746 2023
I Am Empowering The Next Generation Inc LA$211,685 Executive Director $64,000 $70,293 2023
805 Mustangs Llc CA$211,639 President $72,000 $60,234 2024
Prairie State Christian Service Camp IL$213,647 Camp Manager $17,759 $16,915 2024
The E3 Robotics Center Inc IN$213,698 Executive Di $66,000 $69,423 2023
Taste Wise Kids Inc MD$211,448 Executive Director $70,000 $63,404 2024
Colors Plus OH$211,438 President $43,125 $44,252 2024
Students Without Limits CA$213,818 President/ceo $123,249 $103,109 2024
Gift4s Giving Individuals The TX$211,333 Executive Dir. $50,000 $48,457 2024
318 Foundation Inc MD$213,987 President & $85,000 $76,990 2024
Global Unites Inc MA$211,115 President $24,000 $20,895 2024
Grand Forks Fastbreak Club ND$210,877 Director $4,200 $4,465 2024
Helping Our People Eat CA$210,750 Ceo $18,626 $15,582 2024
Our Footsteps TX$214,656 Director $28,100 $28,037 2023
P-town Car Club Inc IL$210,562 Executive Director $130,680 $128,146 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Chelsea O'brian) 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 644 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,768 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.