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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Automotive Trades

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930517961
OR · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret Ragan, Executive Director / CEO ($78,332) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 502 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

502 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 502 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $444,162 $78,332
$16,77010th
$44,47625th
$72,869Median
$104,44675th
$141,70690th
$78,332This org · 56th
p10$16,770
p25$44,476
p50$72,869
p75$104,446
p90$141,706
$78,332

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 OR 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
Sandplay Therapists Of America CA$255,631 Journal Editor $14,000 $12,644 2024
Professional Trailbuilders Association CO$255,996 Executive Director $60,062 $60,238 2024
Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance AZ$254,845 Prior Executive Director $104,969 $105,588 2024
The Housing Association Of Mississippi MS$254,370 Executive Director $23,300 $27,143 2024
Dekalb County Convention & Visitors IL$256,490 Executive Di $76,731 $76,866 2025
Indiana Professional Dairy IN$256,636 Executive Di $99,040 $109,241 2024
Michigan Council Of Charter School MI$256,777 Executive Se $74,400 $80,320 2024
China Enterprise Council CA$253,683 Director $39,000 $36,264 2023
Agencies For Children's Therapy Services NY$253,650 Executive Director $56,000 $54,491 2023
Aspen Sister Cities Program Inc CO$253,571 President $800 $802 2024
Greater Springfield Area Sports MO$257,392 Executive Di $44,087 $50,282 2023
Fairfield Chamber Of Commerce Inc CT$252,976 President $97,415 $95,532 2024
Laurentian Chamber Of Commerce Inc MN$258,002 President $91,914 $94,993 2024
Central Missouri Building Industries Asn MO$252,712 Executive Dir. $51,262 $58,465 2023
Childcare Association Of Louisiana LA$258,172 Executive Director $138,259 $159,234 2024
Phcc Educational Foundation CA$252,617 Ceo $13,059 $12,143 2023
Novato Downtown Old Town Business CA$258,312 Executive Dir. $78,624 $71,010 2024
Cape Girardeau County Board Of Realtors MO$252,056 Executive Dir. $56,395 $62,474 2024
Ireland Network Chicago Nfp IL$258,877 Executive Director $26,006 $26,741 2024
Int'l Conf Of Symphony And Opera Musicians VA$259,149 Chairperson $7,363 $7,244 2025
Utah Tech Leads Association UT$251,663 President & Ceo $113,750 $130,504 2022
Cuyahoga County Mayors And City Managers Association OH$251,263 Executive Director $73,132 $81,016 2024
Chamber Of Commerce Of Greater Vineland NJ$259,737 Executive Director $96,903 $88,160 2025
Heights In Progress Inc NJ$250,926 President $32,100 $29,977 2024
Washington Brewers Guild WA$250,879 Executive Director $87,265 $84,131 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Margaret Ragan) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 502 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,332 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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 10, 2026.