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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chautauqua Blind Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 160772744
NY · NTEE G41Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Maynard, Executive Director / CEO ($73,548) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Megan Maynard — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,330 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,444 $73,548
$37,17110th
$66,74825th
$74,706Median
$115,09075th
$129,16090th
$73,548This org · 38th
p10$37,171
p25$66,748
p50$74,706
p75$115,090
p90$129,160
$73,548

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
Better Vision Better Hope TX$347,733 President $30,000 $33,210 2024
The Support Sight Foundation PA$329,158 Director $115,846 $127,846 2024
Servants For Sight SC$353,090 Executive Director $65,000 $75,043 2024
Charity Of The Eye Care Network CA$311,331 Ceo/president $132,619 $130,473 2023
Vision Outreach International Inc MI$303,002 Executive Director $89,898 $105,719 2023
Theater Breaking Through Barriers Corp NY$383,614 Director/ceo $74,902 $74,902 2024
Visual Compassion Inc TX$283,424 Ceo $135,000 $149,444 2024
Community Center For The Blind CA$276,926 Exec Director $75,246 $74,029 2023
Lifesight SD$259,141 Executive Director $98,182 $119,914 2024
Association For The Visually Impaired NY$437,032 Ceo/ed $41,132 $41,132 2024
Cedar Springs Vision Inc TX$236,404 President/director $67,308 $74,510 2024
Hull Foundation And Learning OR$231,509 Executive Di $52,500 $53,954 2024
Vision Resource Center NC$229,796 Executive Director $62,962 $71,995 2024
A Shared Vision Partners In Pediatric Blindness And Visual Imp CO$453,744 Executive Director $65,000 $71,012 2023
World Services For The Blind AR$488,050 Ceo $8,304 $10,330 2024
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation LA$494,684 Executive Director $93,127 $113,482 2024

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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Megan Maynard) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,548 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.