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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Land Savers United

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 310496895
VA · NTEE C340
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David C Perry, Executive Director / CEO ($122,211) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: David C Perry — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,007 total compensation of comparable organizations → $170,172 $122,211
$38,64310th
$56,47825th
$84,205Median
$98,37975th
$113,17890th
$122,211This org · 92nd
p10$38,643
p25$56,478
p50$84,205
p75$98,379
p90$113,178
$122,211

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 VA 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
Kinnickinnic River Land Trust Inc WI$445,399 Executive Director $42,500 $47,185 2024
Stamford Land Conservation Trust Inc CT$452,719 Director $1,130 $1,159 2023
New River Land Trust VA$453,108 Executive Di $84,038 $86,262 2024
Manada Conservancy PA$438,318 Executive Di $78,938 $86,158 2023
La Plata Open Space Conservancy CO$458,132 Executive Director $104,589 $109,764 2023
Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc TN$459,153 Executive Director $63,560 $71,026 2024
Southeast Alaska Land Trust AK$435,491 Executive Di $90,180 $94,363 2023
Congaree Land Trust SC$464,575 Executive Di $83,355 $95,177 2023
Mother Lode Land Trust CA$430,183 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,079 2024
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation AK$468,026 Executive Director (07/01/23-05/22/24) $100,458 $102,102 2024
St Croix International Waterway Commission ME$427,550 Executive Director $50,526 $55,375 2023
Tall Pines Conservancy WI$469,217 Executive Director $104,476 $119,421 2023
Litchfield Land Trust Inc CT$471,144 Executive Dir. $18,944 $19,441 2023
Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation MA$472,030 Executive Di $77,368 $73,910 2024
Taos Land Trust NM$422,542 Executive Di $77,377 $91,087 2023
Boulder Climbing Community CO$421,952 Executive Dir. $93,500 $95,311 2024
Agricultural-natural Resources Trust CA$421,733 Executive Dir. $90,405 $85,441 2023
Cacapon And Lost Rivers Land Tr Inc WV$419,733 Executive Director $83,100 $95,653 2024
Armstrong Trails Inc PA$480,308 Executive Director $52,083 $56,846 2023
Hilltown Land Trust Inc MA$409,978 Executive Director $1,979 $1,890 2024
Kingston Land Trust Inc NY$487,840 Managing Dir $60,760 $60,092 2023
St John Land Conservancy Inc VI$491,679 President $50,000 $52,839 2023
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive MI$403,111 Executive Di $85,000 $93,269 2024
Mamoni Valley Preserve NV$494,048 Ceo Through July $34,942 $38,335 2023
Ohio Land Bank Association OH$396,642 Executive Di $86,884 $100,719 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (David C Perry) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C34), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $122,211 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.