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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Occohannock On The Bay Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 923319564
VA · NTEE N20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joel Coleman, Executive Director / CEO ($54,874) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joel Coleman — reported title “CAMP DIRECTO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$598 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,605 $54,874
$5,09910th
$21,28725th
$48,874Median
$63,73375th
$84,02690th
$54,874This org · 58th
p10$5,099
p25$21,287
p50$48,874
p75$63,733
p90$84,026
$54,874

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 VA 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
Camp Eeshay Of Nj Inc NJ$341,460 Trustee $5,000 $4,624 2024
Watertown Youth Soccer Association SD$329,908 Executive Di $50,600 $56,346 2025
Delano Athletic Booster Club Inc MN$329,291 Treasurer $3,000 $2,991 2025
Red Bank Outdoor Academy CA$343,877 Secretary $24,750 $22,788 2023
Ohio Mennonite Camp Association Inc OH$328,853 Director $46,753 $52,801 2023
Florida Foundation For Special FL$349,570 Chief Executive Officer $24,427 $24,469 2023
Edwardsville Arts Center IL$321,401 Executive Director $48,000 $48,874 2024
Camp Putnam Inc MA$352,128 Director $11,750 $10,654 2025
Big Academy IL$320,922 President & Ceo $57,257 $60,021 2023
El Shaddai Retreat Center TX$354,006 President And Treasurer $15,230 $16,245 2023
Catholic Camp & Conference Ministries AK$359,665 Executive Director $41,524 $42,331 2023
Camp Conquest TN$364,422 Founder And Ceo $45,625 $51,137 2023
Automobile License Plate Collectors MA$364,703 Secretary,co $13,500 $12,564 2024
Maine Youth Camping Foundation ME$364,753 Executive Director $79,996 $85,412 2023
Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Inc UT$307,239 Executive Di $85,200 $90,312 2024
Central Oak Heights Association PA$306,112 Former Treasurer $1,400 $1,488 2023
Feliciana Retreat And Conference Center Inc LA$305,864 Executive Director $73,679 $84,026 2024
Camp Opportunity Incorporated MD$305,621 Executive Director $110,000 $106,510 2024
Northern Lights Figure Skating Club Inc MN$304,434 Treasurer $599 $598 2025
Healing Farm Ministries SC$301,409 Executive Di $63,302 $68,396 2024
New England Frontier Camp Corp ME$372,138 Executive Director $55,719 $59,492 2023
Barnyball WA$300,057 President $74,350 $70,978 2023
Recreation Unlimited CA$297,394 President $74,025 $66,202 2024
Nami Lehigh Valley PA$295,595 Executive Director $59,922 $63,717 2023
California Pacific Conference CA$378,046 Commissioner $133,728 $123,128 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Joel Coleman) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,874 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.