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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rural Development Leadership

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133213301
NY · NTEE S32Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Starry Krueger, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1263 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Starry Krueger — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,263 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,263 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $743,333 $20,000
$12,15110th
$33,98025th
$63,418Median
$89,98375th
$123,50290th
$20,000This org · 16th
p10$12,151
p25$33,980
p50$63,418
p75$89,983
p90$123,502
$20,000

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 NY 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
Oakland Vietnamese Chamber Of Commerce CA$206,602 Executive Director $75,000 $71,670 2024
Stanly County Convention And Vistiors Bureau Inc NC$206,625 Director $50,977 $56,788 2025
Fishermans Wharf Association CA$206,829 President & Ceo $12,000 $11,467 2024
Providence Resilience Partnership Inc RI$206,200 Executive Director $130,000 $137,949 2024
American Movement VA$206,049 President $225,858 $248,462 2023
Buffalo Reuse Inc NY$207,027 President $8,378 $8,378 2024
Detroit Greenways Coalition MI$207,038 Executive Director $50,000 $58,800 2023
Society For Cardiovascular Angiography DC$207,107 Chief Executive Officer $64,914 $64,901 2023
Adpi Properties Inc GA$207,123 Executive Director $24,687 $27,470 2024
Integrative Development Initiative CA$205,875 2023 Cfo & Food Cycle Collective Co-coordinator $2,581 $2,539 2023
Medical Staff Of Research MO$205,781 President $20,000 $24,135 2023
Apparel Industry Board Inc IL$207,450 Exec Director $41,667 $46,672 2023
Americans For Food And Beverage Choice DC$205,591 Principal Officer $158,319 $153,747 2024
Intrntnl Soc For Psychological And Social Approaches To Psychosis Ch PA$205,490 Executive Director $49,916 $55,087 2024
Peak Literacy Inc FL$205,439 Executive Director $67,319 $69,986 2024
The Camden Collective MN$205,418 Executive Director $60,238 $65,870 2024
Montana West Economic Development MT$205,356 President/ceo $11,287 $13,464 2024
Wall & Ceiling Industry Advancement Fund MO$205,355 Executive Director $36,684 $44,268 2023
Discover Downtown Franklin Inc IN$207,997 Former Executive Director $37,798 $45,414 2023
Common Wealth Inc OH$208,039 Executive Director $34,698 $40,670 2024
Kulaiwi Land Trust HI$205,010 Interim Executive Director-ceo $18,750 $19,126 2023
Crow Wing County Victim Services MN$208,111 Executive Director $105,545 $115,413 2024
Jackson Metro Sponsoring Committee-worki MS$208,127 Lead Organizer $110,175 $139,805 2023
Greater Texas Capital Community Finance TX$204,916 President $65,418 $72,417 2024
A Greater Good IN$204,813 President $35,366 $42,493 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Starry Krueger) 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 1263 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.