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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rolf And Alice Klep Educational And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930796366
OR · NTEE A55I
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bruce Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($8,156) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 524 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

524 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 524 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $480,015 $8,156
$4,07910th
$12,04725th
$26,059Median
$46,76575th
$69,02090th
$8,156This org · 19th
p10$4,079
p25$12,047
p50$26,059
p75$46,765
p90$69,020
$8,156

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
Mechanicsburg Museum Association PA$99,879 Treasurer $5,200 $5,584 2024
The Cappies Inc VA$99,934 Technology Officer/cfo $20,000 $21,409 2023
Noise Salon Inc MA$100,002 Executive Director/ Treasurer $15,914 $15,854 2023
Ensemble For The Romantic Century NY$99,658 President $12,000 $12,021 2023
Signal And Cyber Museum Society GA$99,556 Executive Director $10,000 $10,827 2024
Exchange Arts PA$99,483 Executive Director $51,674 $57,129 2023
Cornerstone Community Radio Inc FL$99,320 President $56,220 $56,872 2024
The Japanese Asociation Of Greater MA$101,073 Secretary $41,000 $39,674 2024
Textile Society Of America Inc MD$101,200 Director At Large Communications $4,043 $4,190 2023
Discipleship Tape Ministries Inc TX$98,388 President $26,250 $28,275 2024
Person County Museum Of History Inc NC$98,322 Executive Director $39,000 $43,393 2024
Bsd Publishers Society Inc NY$98,276 Director, Ceo $18,000 $18,033 2023
Wei-hwa Chinese School VA$98,248 Principal $2,376 $2,543 2023
Team Sunshine Performance Corp PA$101,673 Co-artistic $28,280 $30,368 2024
Huda Community Center CA$101,790 Executive Dir $38,400 $36,760 2023
Lewis & Clark National Park Association OR$101,962 Executive Director $56,787 $56,787 2024
Brenham Maifest Association TX$97,786 Director- Marketing $3,000 $3,231 2024
Chamber Orchestra Of Southern MD$97,759 Music Direct $18,220 $17,869 2025
Bayfield Heritage Association Inc WI$102,049 Exec Directo $6,067 $7,024 2023
The Dial Magazine Inc NY$102,115 Secretary $35,000 $34,057 2024
Goldfield Superstition Historical Society Inc AZ$102,180 Clerk $29,200 $30,240 2024
Timeless Gifts IL$102,314 Executive Director $55,200 $58,437 2024
Historic St Mary's Mission Inc MT$97,317 Executive Director $24,249 $28,147 2024
Southern Hills Arts Council OH$97,274 Director Of Operations $15,000 $17,613 2023
Pembina County Historical Society ND$97,239 Museum Curator $11,036 $13,041 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Bruce Jones) 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 524 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,156 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.