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Compensation Comparability Determination

Tri-valley Transit Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030335768
VT · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jim Moulton, Executive Director / CEO ($162,140) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 394 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jim Moulton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

394 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 394 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,191 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,868,430 $162,140
$67,68010th
$105,21125th
$132,570Median
$177,73675th
$229,33290th
$162,140This org · 67th
p10$67,680
p25$105,211
p50$132,570
p75$177,736
p90$229,332
$162,140

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity NJ$8,013,982 Executive Director $120,000 $103,392 2024
Choice Inc MA$8,018,274 Executive Director $24,792 $22,134 2023
Zia Therapy Center Inc NM$8,022,039 Ceo $78,426 $81,400 2024
Spectrum Community Services CA$8,006,870 Executive Director $168,321 $136,645 2025
Crossroads Mission AZ$7,999,688 Ceo $118,214 $109,711 2024
🔒 389 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
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:

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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.