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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Los Angeles Water Polo Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954266783
CA · NTEE N50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Adam Wright, Executive Director / CEO ($62,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$572 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,278 $62,000
$2,53510th
$7,28725th
$15,268Median
$37,41475th
$76,01890th
$62,000This org · 83rd
p10$2,535
p25$7,287
p50$15,268
p75$37,414
p90$76,018
$62,000

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 CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Bend Pickleball ClubOR $255,527$8,066 990
Slavish Citizens Club Lilly PaPA $248,138$13,852 990
Agawam Revolver Club IncMA $246,239$1,607 990
Adaptive Sports For Kids IncTX $245,528$14,431 990
Senior Women's Golf LeagueNV $243,383$29,310 990
Stowe Mtb Club IncVT $243,047$71,581 990
Hui Kanaka PowawaeHI $261,538$18,894 990
Davignon Club IncNH $242,740$24,060 990
Toyota Land Cruiser AssociationCO $262,453$6,663 990
Polish Sharpshooters ClubPA $262,478$2,281 990
Thompson Rod & Gun Club IncCT $264,600$7,194 990
Northwest Sports AssociationWA $266,630$77,704 990
St Boniface Ushers ClubPA $270,770$33,723 990
Impact Fc IncNC $230,053$57,646 990
Almaden RiptidesCA $229,993$63,850 990
West End Fire Company No 3 SocialPA $274,606$22,003 990
Italian Society Of ButlerPA $225,821$40,196 990
Krewe Of Pontchartrain IncLA $279,055$7,651 990
Day & Knight Chess ClubCA $224,228$67,019 990
Southeastern Lacrosse Conference IncGA $223,895$5,994 990
Woods Of St Thomas Club IncKY $223,374$23,057 990
Benscreek Social & Citizens ClubPA $223,306$8,167 990
Liberty Hose Co No 2PA $220,452$37,097 990
Mayfield Kamper KlubWA $287,466$2,020 990
Wood City Riders Snowmobile ClubMN $215,332$572 990

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 CA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Adam Wright) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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). 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.