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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Boys & Girls Club Of Greater

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851837464
MI · NTEE O12
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Craig Spoelhof, Executive Director / CEO ($20,868) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 372 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Craig Spoelhof — reported title “FORMER EXEC.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

372 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 372 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,682 $20,868
$6,56810th
$20,63025th
$41,222Median
$62,74675th
$76,61190th
$20,868This org · 26th
p10$6,568
p25$20,630
p50$41,222
p75$62,746
p90$76,611
$20,868

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
The Play4peace Initiative MA$157,947 President, C $45,000 $39,177 2024
Tilghman Area Youth Association Inc MD$158,317 Executive Dir. $26,839 $24,310 2024
Hip-hope Inc IA$158,432 Chaplain/bookkeeper $1,500 $1,591 2024
Toughest Kids Inc GA$158,664 Executive Di $3,000 $2,922 2024
Genesis Associates Inc ID$158,745 President $42,317 $43,613 2024
Byrd House Behavioral Youth Resource Development Incorporated GA$157,072 Executive Director $2,100 $2,046 2024
South Central Education Development Inc WV$158,951 President/executive Director $90,208 $94,628 2024
Youth & Family Services Qalicb Inc SD$159,366 Cfo $11,301 $12,083 2024
Going The Distance Adventure FL$156,311 Ceo/trustee $51,000 $46,417 2024
Fern Creek Babe Ruth League Inc KY$156,090 President & Board Member $2,490 $2,592 2024
Childrens Books On Wheels TX$159,781 President $72,800 $72,637 2023
Game Changers Leadership And Peer OH$155,990 Executive Di $97,800 $97,770 2025
Girls On The Run Orlando Inc FL$155,730 Executive Dir. $13,750 $12,514 2024
Lancaster Police Athletic League OH$155,541 Executive Di $63,995 $67,607 2023
V5 Initiative Inc DC$155,280 Executive Di $22,000 $18,704 2024
The Academy365 Inc NJ$154,739 Ceo $21,496 $18,594 2024
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $22,211 2024
Helix Illinois Nfp IL$154,307 Executive Dir. $30,000 $28,574 2024
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $51,090 2024
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $58,896 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Connecticut CT$161,914 Executive Director $39,334 $34,809 2025
Laurel Highlands PA$153,517 President/tr $5,834 $5,637 2024
Sis Circles Inc GA$162,427 Key Employee $63,900 $62,248 2024
Cuyuna Range Youth Center Inc MN$162,569 Accountant $6,850 $6,558 2024
Abilities Movement Inc NY$153,057 Executive Director $68,840 $58,714 2025

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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Craig Spoelhof) 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 372 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,868 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.