Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Country Valley Industries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223081071
NY · NTEE F20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Howard, Executive Director / CEO ($35,005) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Howard — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,771 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,010 $35,005
$7,90110th
$13,03225th
$21,650Median
$48,17875th
$72,44290th
$35,005This org · 71st
p10$7,901
p25$13,032
p50$21,650
p75$48,178
p90$72,442
$35,005

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
Whistleblowers Of America FL$47,484 Vice President $22,126 $23,002 2024
Resilience Across Borders Inc MD$44,588 Executive Director $15,608 $16,625 2023
Center South Housing Development PA$48,315 Director Of Construction $13,787 $15,664 2023
Bloom In The Dark Inc TN$43,599 President Chairman $18,125 $21,706 2023
Helping Our Mentally Ill Experience CA$51,272 President & Ceo $67,023 $64,047 2024
Ground For Growth Inc GA$41,154 President $5,000 $5,564 2024
The Openminds Foundation CA$40,330 Executive Director $1,800 $1,771 2023
Shdc No 7 Inc HI$52,204 Exec Dir/asst. Secretary $12,721 $12,976 2023
Sundown M Foundation WA$39,356 Executive Director $28,878 $28,612 2024
Lighthouse For New Hope TX$53,527 Development Director $15,600 $17,779 2023
C3 Pastoral Ministries Inc OK$38,321 Ceo $24,000 $30,110 2023
Still Wind Ministries Inc SC$38,207 Executive Director $14,830 $17,121 2024
Phoenix Houses Of New York Inc NY$36,699 President & Ceo $67,941 $67,941 2024
Reclaiming Victory Ministries Inc OR$57,764 President $11,135 $11,782 2023
2nd Chance Ministries Community Developm NY$58,009 Board Member $9,050 $9,317 2023
Virginia Crisis Intervention Team Coalition VA$34,160 President $12,000 $13,201 2023
Arise CO$33,988 Executive Di $61,632 $65,400 2024
Caring Residential Services Iii Inc NJ$58,960 Pres And Exec Director Ope $157,895 $156,010 2024
National Drug & Safety League MI$59,272 President/di $7,156 $8,174 2024
Project Live Xiii Inc NJ$59,819 Executive Director $11,844 $11,703 2024
Vesta Arundel Inc MD$60,462 President $21,417 $22,158 2024
Mosaic Illinois Housing Of Rockford I NE$60,646 President $15,891 $18,915 2024
Nami Mahoning Valley OH$61,216 Director $13,100 $15,808 2023
Grace Abounds AR$31,164 Therapist- Executive Director $79,040 $101,225 2023
My Own Home MI$61,510 Executive Director $5,228 $5,972 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 Howard) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,005 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.