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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The City Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911148262
WA · NTEE B99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Crank, Executive Director / CEO ($135,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 429 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alicia Crank — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

429 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 429 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$141 total compensation of comparable organizations → $415,819 $135,000
$20,86310th
$46,33425th
$76,833Median
$106,85875th
$147,72690th
$135,000This org · 87th
p10$20,863
p25$46,334
p50$76,833
p75$106,858
p90$147,726
$135,000

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 WA 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
International Alliance For Christian Education Nfp TX$483,589 President $100,000 $115,029 2023
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $37,679 2024
Prairie Stem NE$480,488 Executive Director $53,846 $64,687 2024
Thousand Waves Foundation Nfp IL$484,789 Executive Di $76,573 $84,083 2024
Willow Oak Montessori Childrens House NC$485,931 Head Of School $26,888 $31,031 2024
High Oaks Inc PA$487,074 Administrator $81,728 $91,032 2024
African American Officers Development Network GA$477,826 Ceo $105,310 $118,270 2024
Dubois Institute For Entrepreneurship Inc AL$487,441 Executive Director & President $21,956 $27,277 2023
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $96,816 2023
The Consortium For Independent Journalism Inc VA$488,861 Editor In Chief $90,004 $97,065 2024
Biblical Counseling Ministries Worldwide Inc CA$489,062 President $57,676 $55,627 2024
Lancaster County Academy PA$475,803 Program Director $97,586 $111,906 2023
Action Mile High Foundation CO$489,906 Coo $118,454 $130,612 2023
Paramedic Resources Inc CA$474,692 Board Member $13,000 $12,538 2024
National Association State Directors Of MD$474,548 Executive Director $110,000 $111,905 2025
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $66,042 2023
Creative Education Foundation Inc MA$491,552 Executive Director $132,029 $132,517 2024
International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 95 Training Fund PA$492,222 Chairman/director $63,423 $72,730 2023
National Women Business Owners FL$493,194 Cfo $21,150 $22,192 2024
Partners In Education Of Toledo OH$493,212 Executive Dir. $84,408 $99,855 2024
Gulf Coast Education Initiative MS$470,864 Executive Director $96,552 $120,109 2024
Coongie CA$470,846 Treasurer/ed $11,111 $11,033 2023
The Blessed Child IL$494,874 President $11,992 $13,168 2024
Utah Clean Cities Coalition UT$495,452 Executive Director $140,145 $164,939 2023
The Musical Theater Project Inc OH$495,700 Managing Director $65,877 $80,235 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Alicia Crank) 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 429 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $135,000 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.