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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Irish Fest Of The Fox Cities Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844289156
WI · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Hudson, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 108 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

108 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 108 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$565 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,219 $10,000
$4,36710th
$10,34925th
$31,335Median
$56,04275th
$69,36590th
$10,000This org · 23rd
p10$4,367
p25$10,349
p50$31,335
p75$56,042
p90$69,365
$10,000

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 WI 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
Alliance Francaise & Language Ctr RI$199,404 Former Direc $11,600 $10,376 2025
Southwest Seminars Inc NM$202,430 President $31,409 $33,303 2023
Arte Noir WA$202,525 Executive Dir. $25,079 $21,500 2024
Every Black Life Matters Inc TX$190,457 Director $57,200 $54,787 2024
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential DC$202,746 Chief Operating Officer $77,826 $65,394 2024
Minnesota African American Hertiage MN$203,977 Treasurer $48,057 $45,469 2024
Pcs Educational Foundation Inc PA$204,162 Principal $4,696 $4,484 2024
City Of Erie Cable Tv Access Corp PA$188,446 Executive Dir. $36,108 $34,479 2024
Six Nations Iroquois Cultural NY$187,701 Treasurer $13,800 $12,293 2023
Grit And Grace Girls Inc TX$206,065 Director $31,500 $31,062 2023
Torrance Chinese School CA$186,971 President $15,404 $12,408 2025
Juneteenth Ri RI$206,595 Board President $4,500 $4,132 2024
German American Cultural Society RI$206,873 Treasurer $4,761 $4,371 2024
Razorcake Gorsky Press Inc CA$184,734 Exec Directo $12,028 $10,239 2023
Ceny Centro Educativo Inc NY$184,251 Secretary $12,000 $10,383 2024
United Abolitionists FL$183,687 President $37,491 $33,724 2024
Century Chinese Language School Of MA$183,265 Principal $5,198 $4,357 2025
Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc MA$210,887 President $37,000 $31,016 2025
Irish Outreach San Diego Inc CA$182,111 Executive Director $60,000 $49,609 2024
Young Indian Culture Group Inc NY$181,746 President $21,750 $18,819 2024
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $29,222 2023
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $69,991 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $24,891 2025
Minnesota International Chines MN$179,407 Principal $11,720 $10,803 2025
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $39,274 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Mark Hudson) 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 108 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.