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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carving The Future

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832841516
WY · NTEE N12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynn Neil, Executive Director / CEO ($67,304) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,343 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,887 $67,304
$12,04410th
$24,80325th
$51,656Median
$63,93075th
$98,27890th
$67,304This org · 80th
p10$12,044
p25$24,803
p50$51,656
p75$63,930
p90$98,278
$67,304

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Bluffton Rush Foundation Llc SC$318,311 Executive Director $76,214 $74,251 2024
Dreem Makers Inc NC$315,304 Secretary $27,000 $26,053 2024
Hype Helping Youth Participate & GA$345,060 President $4,625 $4,343 2024
Southern Nevada Sports Hall Of Fame NV$353,441 Executive Di $55,183 $51,656 2024
Atlanta Track Club Foundation Inc GA$366,958 President $170,276 $159,887 2024
Martial Arts Training And Scholarship CA$275,608 Executive Dir. $29,207 $23,552 2024
Team Tucker Association MN$264,256 Executive Di $68,650 $63,348 2024
Chile Pepper Inc AR$256,225 Executive Director $20,000 $20,994 2024
San Jose Parks Foundation CA$388,539 Executive Dir. $80,000 $64,512 2024
The Tesori Family Foundation FL$230,165 Executive Dir. $6,927 $6,077 2024
Charley Hoffman Foundation CA$415,334 Executive Dir. $45,000 $35,352 2025
Compete For A Cure Inc WI$226,930 President $61,743 $60,218 2024
West Michigan Hockey Youth Foundation Inc MI$441,990 Executive Director (Part Year) $35,385 $34,108 2024
National Parks Of New York Harbor NY$455,439 President/ceo $135,443 $114,296 2024
Panamerican Taekwondo TX$466,057 President $60,000 $56,049 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Lynn Neil) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,304 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.