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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Conservation Burial Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270268610
FL · NTEE Y50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carlos Gonzalez, Executive Director / CEO ($48,239) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carlos Gonzalez — reported title “Ex Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$250 total compensation of comparable organizations → $66,324 $48,239
$1,13610th
$2,87025th
$15,348Median
$37,36875th
$51,60990th
$48,239This org · 83rd
p10$1,136
p25$2,870
p50$15,348
p75$37,368
p90$51,609
$48,239

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 FL 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
Morgan-cemetery Inc NJ$453,986 Trustee $3,000 $2,770 2024
Niagara Falls Memorial Park Association NY$452,837 President $70,988 $66,324 2024
Muslim Association Of Northwest WA$445,490 Imam $47,899 $44,340 2024
Longmont Cemetery Association CO$467,774 President $6,000 $5,796 2025
Colonial Cemeteries Inc CT$414,166 President $2,400 $2,395 2023
Ernst Memorial Cemetery Corporation NJ$402,762 Trustee $1,000 $923 2024
Arlington Memorial Park Association IL$511,570 Manager $51,718 $51,215 2025
The Historic Sharon Burying Ground Inc CT$381,181 Superintendentdirector $3,064 $2,970 2024
Union Hill Cemetery Company PA$377,981 President $600 $637 2023
Grace Terrace Memorial Association CA$531,095 Vice President $30,000 $26,784 2024
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation KY$366,472 President/ceo $30,556 $33,942 2024
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows WA$542,470 Manager $41,977 $38,858 2024
Miami Memorial Park Inc AZ$549,248 Secretary/tr $52,000 $51,707 2024
Rhoads Mount Mariah Trust IL$335,245 Trustee $6,600 $6,907 2023
Sunnyside Cemetery Association WI$324,596 Trustee/sexton $29,837 $31,388 2025
Mountain Grove Cemetery-easton Inc CT$323,969 Director $250 $250 2023
Sunset Hill Cemetery Association NY$592,893 Manager/secr $63,145 $58,996 2024
Baltimore Cemetery Association Inc MD$594,881 President $2,000 $1,990 2023
St Albans Cemetery Association Inc VT$595,661 Treasurer $3,366 $3,503 2024
The Putnam County Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Inc NY$304,067 President $38,400 $35,877 2024
Wheaton Cemetery Association IL$633,352 Operating Se $7,240 $7,577 2023
Eden Cemetery Co PA$643,826 Secretary/treasurer $26,825 $28,476 2023
Six Oaks Cemetery Inc SC$650,352 President-csa $14,229 $15,348 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2023 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 FL 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Carlos Gonzalez) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,239 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.