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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Empire Volleyball

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882814379
ND · NTEE N70
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Wondrasek, Executive Director / CEO ($7,041) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nicole Wondrasek — 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

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$192 total compensation of comparable organizations → $317,535 $7,041
$2,29310th
$7,13325th
$18,870Median
$32,30775th
$46,78290th
$7,041This org · 25th
p10$2,293
p25$7,133
p50$18,870
p75$32,307
p90$46,782
$7,041

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 ND 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
Usa Softball Of Central California CA$225,563 Secretary $35,750 $29,727 2023
692 Beach Volleyball Club CA$224,195 Director/officer $38,000 $30,691 2024
Long Beach Rowing Association CA$226,871 Boathouse Manager $22,811 $18,424 2024
Bam Swim Team CO$228,314 Head Coach/m $5,871 $5,265 2024
C T Barrel Racing Inc TX$228,671 Director $2,525 $2,363 2024
Eurocrossacademy Inc MT$221,606 Chief Director $30,000 $29,468 2025
Southern Colorado Ice Hockey Referee Association CO$230,137 Board Of Directors Treasurer $7,977 $6,970 2025
American International Polo Foundation FL$220,116 (To 1/27), Treas/pres (From 1/27) $2,535 $2,293 2023
Gainesville Area Rowing Inc FL$218,043 Executive Dir. $34,338 $29,395 2025
Arkansas State Usbc AR$217,288 Association Manager $4,266 $4,485 2024
Elizabethtown Volleyball Academy Inc KY$238,019 Club Director $21,520 $21,068 2025
North Carolina Organizing Committee NC$210,160 Chairman $160,000 $154,634 2024
South Sound United Bowling Congress WA$242,193 Association Manager $37,440 $30,545 2025
Berks County Interscholastic Athletic PA$207,743 Executive Director $8,000 $7,682 2023
Wyoming State Usbc WY$206,340 Association Manager $5,000 $4,879 2025
North Shore Volleyball Club OH$206,045 Director/tru $4,000 $4,080 2023
Midwest Womens Tournament Inc IN$245,684 Secretary $200 $192 2025
Charleston West Virginia Sports Council Inc WV$204,439 Director $18,633 $18,870 2024
Oregon Bicycle Racing Association OR$246,507 Executive Director $40,000 $34,744 2024
Niagara Swimming Inc NY$247,056 Director, Competition And Sanctions Manager $8,631 $7,295 2024
Ocean Breeze Park Alliance Inc NY$247,737 Executive Di $18,000 $15,663 2023
Idaho State Usbc Association Inc ID$248,148 Association $5,498 $5,330 2025
North Carolina State NC$202,153 President $1,833 $1,771 2024
Texas Fencing Academy Inc TX$248,471 President $50,000 $46,782 2024
Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition Inc NV$201,869 Chief Executive Officer $47,677 $44,700 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ND cost of living and 2025 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 ND 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Nicole Wondrasek) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,041 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.