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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rockford Barbell

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843216190
IL · NTEE N40
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elliot Ganet, Executive Director / CEO ($17,888) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elliot Ganet — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,252 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,850 $17,888
$8,47010th
$11,46225th
$37,940Median
$66,66875th
$100,30790th
$17,888This org · 44th
p10$8,470
p25$11,462
p50$37,940
p75$66,668
p90$100,307
$17,888

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 IL 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
Capital Athletic Conference Inc FL$220,355 Commissioner $91,394 $85,081 2025
Dual County League Inc MA$214,827 Exec Sec $11,002 $10,056 2024
Genesis Foundation For Fitness & Tennis KS$226,281 Executive Director $49,792 $56,332 2023
Mile High Rowing Club CO$210,547 Head Coach $42,000 $42,175 2023
National Collegiate Acrobatics And Tumbling Association WA$230,783 Executive Director $17,500 $15,526 2025
South-west Conference Inc CT$202,427 Commissioner $15,000 $13,937 2025
Bay Area Youth Baseball Foundation CA$236,845 President $60,000 $54,256 2023
Club Prime CA$197,265 Director $13,050 $11,462 2024
Karatedo Honma Dojo Inc NY$242,136 Executive Director & Chief Instruct $50,350 $46,279 2024
Excellence Thru Athletics Corp CA$242,518 President $9,145 $8,269 2023
North Jersey Interscholastic NJ$243,235 Executive Director $7,500 $6,636 2025
Cheshire County Shooting Sports Educatio NH$245,318 General Manager $17,550 $16,970 2023
Abs Park MT$248,188 Vice President $8,000 $8,772 2024
Sooner Athletic Conference AR$260,873 Commissioner $101,325 $115,850 2024
Sheriff Pal Program MI$263,765 Executive Director $63,500 $66,668 2024
10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc CO$264,538 Director/coach $20,100 $20,184 2023
Incline Sports Corporation OR$266,884 President $64,320 $60,757 2024
The Big North Athletic Conference Inc NJ$279,045 Executive Director $10,000 $8,847 2025
Nirsa Foundation OR$156,210 Executive Director $40,165 $37,940 2024
Minnesota Renegades MN$286,672 Vice President $11,880 $11,940 2024
American Southwest Conference TX$289,138 Former Commissioner $94,911 $99,423 2023
Learn Scuba Chicago Inc IL$147,848 Director $3,159 $3,252 2023
Fit & Able Productions Inc NC$313,873 Executive Director $96,000 $100,897 2024
Shorewood Swim Club Foundation Inc WI$322,818 Executive Dir. $92,984 $96,230 2025
North Atlantic Conference Inc ME$327,188 Executive Dir. $106,461 $105,640 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Elliot Ganet) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,888 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.