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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lane County Historical Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930911191
OR · NTEE A115
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allison Fischer-olson, Executive Director / CEO ($54,093) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Allison Fischer-olson — reported title “CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,471 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,693 $54,093
$9,98510th
$16,47625th
$39,763Median
$69,24975th
$102,48890th
$54,093This org · 61st
p10$9,985
p25$16,476
p50$39,763
p75$69,249
p90$102,488
$54,093

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
Senior Services Foundation Inc NC$454,521 Executive Di $36,301 $39,232 2024
The Acts 44 Foundation Inc OH$469,024 President/ce $99,747 $113,764 2023
Kenosha Public Museums Foundation Inc WI$440,389 Executive Director $36,888 $40,294 2024
Dpm Asset Management Inc TX$471,899 President $13,640 $14,271 2024
John Kirkpatrick Fund For Historic OK$438,882 President $36,220 $42,947 2023
Friends Of The Patapsco Valley State MD$472,964 Executive Director $103,339 $101,050 2024
National Hispanic Cultural Center NM$432,221 President An $104,920 $121,517 2023
Cmw Support Corporation RI$424,726 Founder & Artistic Director $25,947 $26,023 2024
Cccd Foundation NC$421,264 Executive Di $35,942 $38,844 2024
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Foundation Inc FL$492,954 President & Secretary $14,426 $14,593 2023
Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center Inc GA$418,117 Executive Director $56,200 $59,104 2024
Keys 4 4 Kids Inc MN$494,139 Executive Director $86,309 $89,200 2024
Gates Chili Color Guard Parents Inc NY$404,683 Executive Director $12,366 $12,033 2023
Capitol Theatre Center Foundation PA$403,559 Executive Di $47,796 $49,853 2024
Abf Fund MT$514,918 Executive Dir. $18,279 $20,609 2024
Paaia Fund DC$522,750 Executive Director, Secretary $112,010 $105,843 2023
Da Camera Endowment Fund TX$525,233 General Manager $16,207 $17,458 2023
Cleveland School Of The Arts OH$528,622 Development $80,200 $88,846 2024
Naz Real Estate Holding Company MN$378,002 President & Ceo $33,773 $34,004 2025
Klcs Education Foundation CA$366,307 President $71,223 $66,226 2023
Houston Boychoir Inc TX$366,020 Executive Dir. $10,000 $10,462 2024
Seattle Girls' Choir Guild WA$555,311 Executive Director $58,959 $56,842 2023
Armory Theater Fund OR$355,915 Pcs Director Of Finance $8,871 $8,871 2023
Act Market Street CA$348,689 Executive Director/president $17,368 $16,149 2023
Florida Federation Of Colorguards FL$342,402 President $22,590 $21,624 2025

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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Allison Fischer-olson) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,093 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.