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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

West Sound Soccer Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 934873373
WA · NTEE N64
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Drovdahl Partial Year, Executive Director / CEO ($39,044) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katie Drovdahl Partial Year — reported title “DIRECTOR OF COACHING, AT LARGE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$500 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,580 $39,044
$3,56510th
$11,75225th
$32,921Median
$65,34175th
$91,38490th
$39,044This org · 54th
p10$3,565
p25$11,752
p50$32,921
p75$65,341
p90$91,384
$39,044

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
Capital District Youth Soccer Leagueinc NY$363,553 Director $52,278 $52,764 2024
Greater Portland Soccer District OR$363,542 President $3,472 $3,601 2024
Wolverine Youth Soccer Inc MA$362,081 Registrar $22,316 $21,821 2025
Sjgsl 2000 Inc NJ$361,699 Member At Large $6,600 $6,582 2024
Santa Cruz City Youth Soccer Club CA$360,089 Director $25,008 $23,498 2025
Rockville-olney Soccer Academy Inc MD$368,557 President $52,400 $56,334 2023
Indian River Soccer Club Inc DE$359,590 President $2,500 $2,734 2024
Weston Youth Soccer Inc MA$368,996 Administrator $28,500 $28,605 2024
Cary Soccer Association IL$370,828 Director $510 $546 2025
High Plains Drifters Soccer Club Inc TX$371,027 President $18,395 $20,552 2024
California Bearcats Select CA$373,160 President $69,935 $69,443 2023
River Surge Fc Inc WI$376,449 President $5,033 $5,719 2025
Dublin United Soccer Club OH$377,522 Exec. Director $27,030 $32,921 2023
Fc Salmon Creek WA$378,868 Director Of Coaching $48,333 $47,087 2025
Little Warriors Sports Academy WA$379,219 President $48,600 $50,036 2023
Fc Batavia AZ$348,865 Lifetime Director, Director Of Coaching, Coach $89,250 $95,871 2024
Weston Soccer Club Inc CT$379,745 Registrar Director $10,000 $10,473 2024
Zia Soccer Club Inc NM$348,548 Executive Director $53,203 $65,802 2023
Lake Washington Premier Football WA$382,712 Executive Di $110,000 $110,000 2024
Alliance Cincinnati Soccer Club OH$343,937 President $15,951 $18,870 2024
Aberdeen Youth Soccer Association SD$343,471 Executive Director $56,624 $69,800 2024
Murray Max Soccer Inc UT$385,563 President $1,200 $1,372 2024
Bedford-euless Soccer Association TX$386,038 Director Of Officials $15,070 $16,404 2025
United Sports Soccer Club WA$386,368 President $94,800 $94,800 2024
East Select Soccer Inc MN$386,845 Executive Di $38,288 $42,257 2024

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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
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 (Katie Drovdahl Partial Year) 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 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N64), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,044 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.