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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tri-county Community Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200072151
SC · NTEE T31
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Edward Moore, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$990 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,841 $12,000
$18,38110th
$29,01925th
$51,984Median
$79,36375th
$122,04790th
$12,000This org · 6th
p10$18,381
p25$29,019
p50$51,984
p75$79,363
p90$122,047
$12,000

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 SC 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
Love Thy Neighbor Too GA$472,272 Treasurer/director $266,693 $263,841 2024
Greater Polson Community Foundation Inc MT$465,365 Admin Assistant $43,594 $46,235 2024
Austin Area Foundation MN$459,905 Executive Dir. $51,935 $51,984 2023
Greater Cedarburg Foundation Inc WI$454,322 Assistant Secretary $57,748 $61,093 2023
Optima Giving Foundation GA$450,748 Trustee $46,456 $45,959 2024
Elder Care Community For Home Care Service NY$490,540 Ceo $60,000 $53,346 2024
The Ben Hogan Foundation TX$438,538 Executive Director $123,101 $121,158 2024
Hero's Cup Hockey Inc MA$437,840 President (Through 10/2023) $13,333 $12,137 2023
Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic TX$437,822 Ceo $96,000 $94,485 2024
Mccamish Legacy Foundation GA$504,399 Trustee $47,559 $48,440 2023
Mountain Gateway Community VA$433,611 Executive Director $28,212 $27,593 2023
Chicago Dental Society Foundation IL$433,562 Executive Di $148,185 $147,574 2023
Elkin Academic Enrichment NC$433,077 Executive Di $10,331 $10,503 2024
Turning Points For Children Charitable PA$432,889 Treasurer $11,487 $11,604 2023
The Edgar County Community IL$430,797 Dev Mgr $30,000 $29,019 2024
Community Health Alliance MT$428,500 Executive Dir. $50,084 $53,119 2024
Diana Gregory Outreach Services AZ$427,340 Ceo $55,142 $52,178 2024
Los Alamos Community Foundation NM$426,312 Former Exec $76,038 $80,467 2024
Columbia Gorge Community College OR$420,993 Executive Director (Thru 02/23) $78,963 $74,280 2023
Watertown Community Foundation Inc MA$520,473 Executive Director $154,535 $136,634 2024
Check 1002 Charitable Trust GA$418,995 Trustee $21,408 $21,179 2024
The Kauai Marathon HI$524,456 President $24,000 $21,142 2024
Webster Arts MO$412,408 Executive Director $53,680 $55,940 2024
Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Prescott AZ$412,204 Executive Director $30,000 $27,656 2025
Community Foundation Of Orange CA$409,995 Executive Dir. $75,363 $64,029 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC cost of living and 2025 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 SC 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Dr Edward Moore) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.