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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Searcy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201892513
AR · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Burton, Executive Director / CEO ($51,879) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 119 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Burton — reported title “Executive Direc”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

119 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 119 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$446 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,439 $51,879
$8,06510th
$24,50625th
$43,954Median
$65,29075th
$84,80790th
$51,879This org · 59th
p10$8,065
p25$24,506
p50$43,954
p75$65,290
p90$84,807
$51,879

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 AR 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
Northwest Ottawa Chamber Foundation MI$139,424 President $4,042 $3,616 2025
Thrive On Network Inc NY$139,340 Founder + Executive Director $81,500 $70,219 2022
Friends Of Residential Treasuresla CA$140,465 Executive Director $17,500 $13,444 2024
Worldnets Synergy Foundation I PR$143,000 Executive Dire $86,058 $86,058 2024
Main Street Fairmont Inc WV$136,324 Executive Di $1,875 $1,859 2023
Grow Grand Island Inc NE$135,084 Chair Person $30,000 $28,706 2024
East Peoria Community Foundation Nfp IL$135,030 Administrative Assistant $1,800 $1,621 2023
Central Florida Utility & Transport Contractors Association Inc FL$144,559 Executive Director $37,700 $31,508 2024
Murray Main Street Program Inc KY$134,398 Executive Director $47,187 $45,101 2024
Egleston Square Main Street Inc MA$133,546 Executive Director $56,435 $43,954 2025
West Broadway Neighborhood Association RI$133,281 Executive Director $45,619 $38,916 2024
Community En Accion TX$133,058 Executive Director $102,500 $91,217 2024
Action Baybrook Inc MD$147,421 Founder And Ceo $14,597 $12,141 2024
Community Foundation Of Grant County IN$148,126 Executive Director (Part-year) $50,042 $48,335 2023
Genesis Group Vision To Reality Inc NY$128,700 President/ceo $92,857 $72,724 2025
Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc OH$150,982 Executive Director $72,536 $68,348 2024
Greater Palm River Point Community Development Corporation FL$128,346 Executive Director $76,000 $63,517 2024
Newburg Community Club ND$128,292 President $5,800 $5,516 2025
Serverie PA$151,244 Chariman $94,567 $83,898 2024
Desour Valley Edc Inc ND$151,738 Secretary $5,000 $5,026 2023
Racine Revitalization Partnership Inc WI$151,925 Executive Director $74,045 $70,828 2023
Mountaineer Hbpa Benevolent Trust WV$127,040 Trust Administrator $20,533 $19,778 2024
Aqus Community Foundation CA$152,866 Ceo $36,667 $29,000 2023
The Advance Community Outreach Center Inc FL$152,939 Executive Director $3,530 $2,950 2024
Main Street Greenwood Inc MS$154,618 Director $41,334 $40,955 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Amy Burton) 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 119 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,879 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.