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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cass County Visitors Bureau Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208167201
IN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anchal Burkett, Executive Director / CEO ($50,026) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 467 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anchal Burkett — reported title “FORMER DIREC”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

467 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 467 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $402,687 $50,026
$13,58810th
$38,44025th
$61,971Median
$86,74375th
$125,48990th
$50,026This org · 36th
p10$13,588
p25$38,440
p50$61,971
p75$86,743
p90$125,489
$50,026

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 IN 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
Maine Grocers & Food Producers ME$232,273 Executive Di $101,142 $96,038 2024
The Texas Cotton Association TX$231,903 Exec Vice Pres $63,000 $59,759 2024
Ccidc Inc CA$232,400 Executive Dir. $84,000 $68,782 2024
Desoto Chamber Of Commerce TX$232,518 Presidentceo $60,000 $58,594 2023
The Minnesota Trappers Association MN$231,567 Magazine Editor $4,410 $4,254 2023
Main Street Altus Inc OK$232,739 Program Director $45,041 $45,818 2025
Algonquin-lake In The Hills Chamber Of Commerce Inc IL$231,049 Executive Director $29,077 $27,908 2023
Advanced Media Workflow Assoc Inc WA$230,684 Executive Director $117,000 $99,331 2024
Secure Water Alliance CA$230,595 Executive Dir. $90,000 $75,871 2023
Ephraim Business Council Ltd WI$234,281 Administrato $56,000 $55,459 2024
Greater Blythewood Chamber Of Commerce SC$229,897 Admin Asst $17,058 $16,440 2025
Superior Chamber Of Commerce CO$234,379 Exec Director $61,250 $55,693 2024
Association Of Aai Professionals WA$234,468 President & Ceo $34,728 $29,484 2024
Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & TN$229,231 President $165,000 $164,465 2024
Mississippi Energy Institute MS$235,000 President, Secretary, & Tr $84,000 $88,715 2024
Main Street Texarkana TX$229,139 Executive Dir. $60,320 $57,217 2024
Hemet San Jacinto Valley Chamber Of CA$235,344 Executive Dir. $68,577 $56,153 2024
Lakeshore Avenue Business Improvement CA$235,378 Co-director $14,356 $11,755 2024
Boulder Area Rental Housing Associa CO$235,863 Executive Di $142,521 $126,249 2025
Airport Gateway Business Association WI$228,260 Executive Dir. $105,325 $104,307 2024
North American Transit Alliance Inc MD$236,250 Executive Director $56,013 $49,658 2024
Orange Chamber Of Commerce TX$227,908 President & Ceo $77,218 $73,246 2024
Development Partner Institute Inc IL$227,747 Executive Di $102,073 $95,158 2024
Foundation For Strategic Sourcing Inc VA$236,820 Executive Dir. $46,669 $43,991 2023
Fine Chocolate Industry Association WA$227,361 Executive Dir. $56,667 $49,531 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Anchal Burkett) 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 467 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,026 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.