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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Michigan Environmental Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844039491
MI · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Trent Wolf, Executive Director / CEO ($63,775) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 315 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

315 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 315 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$591 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,653 $63,775
$16,72610th
$39,12825th
$63,865Median
$81,61075th
$111,86090th
$63,775This org · 50th
p10$16,726
p25$39,128
p50$63,865
p75$81,610
p90$111,860
$63,775

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
Mobu Enterprises Foundation Corp GA$383,520 Operations Manager $2,000 $2,006 2023
Communitycare Of Lyme NH$384,156 Executive Director (Former) $19,200 $16,733 2025
Main Street Oregon City OR$384,442 Executive Director $68,557 $61,682 2024
Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortland Development Co NY$384,653 Executive Director $37,668 $33,951 2023
Focused Outreach Richmond Inc VA$381,351 Executive Dir. $67,500 $63,143 2024
Renew Moline Inc IL$385,922 Executive Director $132,242 $125,957 2024
79th Street Corridor Neighborhood Initiave Inc FL$380,551 Executive Director $51,054 $46,467 2024
Flatland Productions Inc TX$386,794 Vp/secretary $112,800 $112,548 2023
East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District PA$379,868 Executive Director $31,731 $30,657 2024
Vp Community Impact Foundation MO$387,402 Director $139,313 $147,178 2023
Bison Boosters Club Of Milnor Nd ND$387,613 President $540 $591 2023
Vancouvers Downtown Association WA$387,829 Executive Director $90,000 $80,372 2023
West Brighton Community NY$388,047 Executive Di $80,000 $70,037 2024
Groundwork Bridgeport Inc CT$377,786 President And Ceo $146,150 $132,761 2024
Durham Central Park NC$377,564 Executive Dir. $86,377 $86,469 2024
San Antonio Fighting Back Inc TX$389,892 President/di $17,344 $17,305 2023
First African Community Development Corporation GA$376,657 Executive Director $70,000 $68,190 2024
Carpenters For Hope Charitable MA$390,948 President $131,734 $118,076 2023
Centro Nueva Creacion PA$391,102 Director $45,040 $44,801 2023
Seedleaf Inc KY$392,362 Executive Director $65,000 $67,657 2024
Southern Palmetto Foundation SC$392,774 President And Ceo $79,281 $80,132 2024
Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood MD$373,940 Executive Dir. $75,000 $67,933 2024
Renewall Inc WV$396,012 Executive Dir. $42,700 $46,115 2023
Friends Of Finland And Community MN$396,245 Executive Director $38,628 $36,979 2024
The Tatanka Funds Incorporated SD$396,706 Executive Director (Thru July 24) $69,954 $74,798 2024

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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Trent Wolf) 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 315 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,775 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.