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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connectup Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852918250
MN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Y Elaine Rasmussen, Executive Director / CEO ($88,833) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 537 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Y Elaine Rasmussen — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

537 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 537 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $417,436 $88,833
$32,25810th
$62,20625th
$93,444Median
$139,27975th
$192,70590th
$88,833This org · 46th
p10$32,258
p25$62,206
p50$93,444
p75$139,279
p90$192,705
$88,833

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 MN 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
Workforce Fairness Institute Inc VA$478,179 Secretary, Director $10,000 $9,772 2023
Signature User Group Inc FL$477,920 Executive Director $62,750 $57,947 2024
Alliance For Dade Inc GA$480,435 President And Ceo $70,875 $70,052 2024
Arkansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association Inc AR$477,664 Exec Director $96,164 $103,516 2025
Carolinas Chapter - Cmaa NC$477,616 Member Services Manager $70,355 $71,460 2024
Mid South Sign Association Inc TN$476,999 Executive Director $67,714 $72,033 2023
Downtown Community Partnership ND$481,804 Ceo/president $69,556 $77,250 2023
Precastprestressed Con Ins Ne NY$476,290 Key Employee $168,258 $145,605 2025
Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau PA$475,732 Executive Director $54,567 $53,490 2024
Fiscal Partners Inc MA$483,314 President & Executive Dire $173,094 $152,900 2024
Mass Funeral Directors Assoc Inc MA$474,522 Exec Director $63,158 $54,352 2025
Association Of Educational Purchasing Agencies NM$474,160 Exec Director $97,000 $105,584 2023
Committee Of Chief Risk Officers Inc TX$473,946 Director $259,448 $262,651 2023
Crew Charlotte Inc NC$473,737 Executive Director $104,044 $108,798 2023
New York Organization For Nursing NY$473,608 Executive Dir. $75,000 $66,619 2024
Greater Piedmont Area Association VA$485,291 Executive Of $142,534 $139,279 2023
Wisconsin High School Football WI$485,679 Executive Director $55,000 $55,008 2025
Visit Newberg OR$486,604 Executive Di $100,577 $91,813 2024
White House Chamber Of Commerce TN$470,907 Director $88,461 $91,403 2024
Maine Outdoor Brands Inc ME$470,897 Executive Director $82,944 $84,054 2023
Medical Staff Of Childrens Hospital & CA$487,290 President $35,000 $29,709 2024
Camara De Comercio Del Sur De Puerto Rico Inc PR$470,820 Executive Director $38,377 $37,276 2024
Armed Forces Marketing Council VA$470,536 President $351,695 $333,803 2024
The Concrete Industry Board Inc NY$488,205 Executive Director $66,615 $60,919 2023
Pike County Economic Development AL$469,860 President $174,187 $184,981 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2023 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 MN 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Y Elaine Rasmussen) 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 537 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,833 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.