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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kearsarge Area Council On Aging Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020457703
NH · NTEE P81Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelley Keith, Executive Director / CEO ($96,538) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 137 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

137 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 137 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$417 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,253 $96,538
$21,43510th
$37,82825th
$50,611Median
$67,47075th
$82,51290th
$96,538This org · 94th
p10$21,435
p25$37,828
p50$50,611
p75$67,470
p90$82,512
$96,538

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

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Elderday CenterIL $276,559$73,496 990
Faith In Action Of Bloomington NormalIL $275,613$58,477 990
Magoffin County Senior Citizens IncKY $273,160$51,306 990
Maury County Senior Citizens IncTN $273,001$37,828 990
Franklin County Senior Citizens IncID $283,097$32,201 990
Jerome County Senior CitizensID $283,745$57,051 990
Mascoutah Senior ServicesIL $270,242$29,347 990
Faribault Area Senior Citizens IncMN $284,670$74,909 990
Music For All Seasons IncNJ $269,405$41,483 990
Tipton Co Commission On AgingTN $285,980$40,041 990
Vermont Aging Network Consortium IncVT $267,660$44,721 990
Cokeville Senior Citizen Center IncWY $288,546$34,283 990
Crescent Cities Charities IncMD $289,816$67,288 990
Senior Citizens Of Fulton County IncKY $265,059$14,374 990
Rapp At HomeVA $291,247$66,575 990
Connellsville Area SeniorPA $291,594$46,355 990
Senior Needs Committee Of Wells And OgunquitME $291,770$49,665 990
Pillar IncCO $262,834$88,158 990
Fair Park Activity CenterTN $293,399$51,227 990
People Program IncLA $294,092$84,669 990
Centro Ramon Frade IncPR $258,115$35,045 990
Martin County Senior Citizens CorporationKY $296,836$41,450 990
Silver Horizons New Mexico IncNM $297,096$86,640 990
Corbin Senior Citizens IncKY $297,677$45,992 990
Callahan County AgingTX $297,942$25,329 990

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 NH 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Kelley Keith) 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 137 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,538 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.