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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Day & Knight Chess Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880595135
CA · NTEE N50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edwin C Ruiz, Executive Director / CEO ($67,019) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Edwin C Ruiz — reported title “President/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$154 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,278 $67,019
$1,60710th
$5,99425th
$16,487Median
$37,09775th
$71,58190th
$67,019This org · 89th
p10$1,607
p25$5,994
p50$16,487
p75$37,097
p90$71,581
$67,019

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 CA 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
Southeastern Lacrosse Conference Inc GA$223,895 President $5,000 $5,994 2023
Woods Of St Thomas Club Inc KY$223,374 Treasurer $18,000 $23,057 2023
Benscreek Social & Citizens Club PA$223,306 President $300 $346 2024
Italian Society Of Butler PA$225,821 Bar Steward $33,807 $40,196 2023
Liberty Hose Co No 2 PA$220,452 General Employee $31,200 $37,097 2023
Almaden Riptides CA$229,993 President $63,850 $63,850 2024
Impact Fc Inc NC$230,053 Director Of $46,793 $57,646 2023
Wood City Riders Snowmobile Club MN$215,332 Treasurer $500 $572 2024
Mcguire's Irish Runners Inc FL$213,742 President $2,000 $2,240 2023
Liberty Fire Company Marching Club Inc PA$212,855 Director $2,392 $2,762 2024
Veterans Cigar Club MD$212,845 Director $52,000 $56,300 2024
Patton Sportsmens Association PA$210,819 Treasurer $20,800 $24,730 2023
Alpha Eta Rho Inc OH$209,711 Executive Dir. $82,793 $101,552 2024
Sunset Cay Social Club SC$209,233 Director $11,027 $13,322 2024
Davignon Club Inc NH$242,740 President $7,451 $7,968 2024
Stowe Mtb Club Inc VT$243,047 Executive Director $59,648 $71,581 2023
Senior Women's Golf League NV$243,383 Executive Director/preside $25,249 $29,310 2024
Ing's Goe Foundation CA$203,092 Secretary $17,500 $17,500 2024
Lower Burrell Legion Post #868 - Home Assoc PA$203,033 Treasurer $6,481 $7,705 2023
Adaptive Sports For Kids Inc TX$245,528 Executive Director $12,100 $14,431 2023
Agawam Revolver Club Inc MA$246,239 Clerk $1,500 $1,607 2023
Slavish Citizens Club Lilly Pa PA$248,138 President $803 $955 2023
Brighton Snowmobile Club Inc VT$198,852 President $1,709 $1,941 2025
Boardgame Players Association Inc CT$197,705 President Director $67,773 $75,763 2023
Mcqueen Athletic Club MT$196,752 Treasurer/secretary $11,880 $15,268 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Edwin C Ruiz) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,019 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.