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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Revitalizing Waterbury Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030330084
VT · NTEE N41Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Nevin, Executive Director / CEO ($45,184) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1322 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

1,322 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,322 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,444 $45,184
$4,29410th
$10,82925th
$31,114Median
$58,89075th
$78,41090th
$45,184This org · 63rd
p10$4,294
p25$10,829
p50$31,114
p75$58,890
p90$78,410
$45,184

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

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
The Lacrosse Club IncMD $288,741$77,980 990
Wt Swim Club IncIN $288,510$10,477 990
Summit City Sluggers Baseball IncIN $288,504$5,394 990
Byron Youth Football AssociationMN $288,876$50,538 990
Original DesignSC $288,390$61,152 990
Wisconsin Ice Volleyball ClubWI $288,315$2,728 990
Soar Special Recreation Of The LowcountrSC $288,265$70,951 990
American Southwest ConferenceTX $289,138$97,111 990
Isaac Bruce FoundationMO $289,143$71,135 990
Northern Ca Junior Lacrosse AssociationCA $288,145$5,405 990
Camp Tuckabatchee IncIL $289,205$58,605 990
Hockey Players In Business IncOH $288,089$3,157 990
Donner Swim Club IncIN $289,366$71,346 990
Ballard Youth Soccer ClubWA $289,392$20,278 990
Houston FcTX $287,753$89,444 990
Mounds View Volleyball ClubMN $289,650$33,288 990
Mayfield Kamper KlubWA $287,466$1,733 990
Carpinteria Skate FoundationCA $289,876$77,967 990
Carry On FoundationUT $289,920$23,293 990
Home Talent Colt Stakes Association IncOH $287,356$6,500 990
Skating Club Of Jackson HoleWY $289,962$36,189 990
Central New York Baptist Youth Camp IncNY $290,010$52,781 990
Living Waters Ministries IncNY $290,063$41,593 990
Cape Lookout Foundation IncNC $290,100$41,063 990
Cross Training Football IncNY $287,124$81,616 990

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 VT 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Karen Nevin) 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 1322 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,184 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.