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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Venice Cemetery Assn

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 310545439
OH · NTEE Y50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Labreeska Stanifer, Executive Director / CEO ($29,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 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: Labreeska Stanifer — reported title “Bookkeeper”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$85 total compensation of comparable organizations → $63,128 $29,900
$1,49310th
$6,30325th
$16,160Median
$31,04075th
$50,31890th
$29,900This org · 71st
p10$1,493
p25$6,303
p50$16,160
p75$31,040
p90$50,318
$29,900

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 OH 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
Rural Cemetery Assoc Of Hornellsville N Y NY$255,410 President $100 $85 2024
Foxfield Preserve Inc OH$256,991 Executive Director $16,691 $16,691 2024
Trice Hill Cemetery Assoc OK$234,249 Chairman $1,400 $1,455 2024
Fernwood Cemetery Association NJ$263,381 President/superintendent $15,600 $13,150 2024
Santa Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery Inc TX$231,507 Board Memberkey Empl $33,922 $32,037 2024
Greensprings Natural Cemetary Association NY$230,716 Cemetery Executive Director $32,010 $27,310 2024
Colonial Memorial Park Association NJ$265,207 Trustee $18,539 $15,628 2024
Warwick Cemetery Association NY$267,290 Sec-treas $28,000 $23,888 2024
Hillington Crematory NY$222,706 Board Member $22,707 $19,945 2023
Blooming Grove Rural Cemetery Assoc NY$274,017 Superintendent $1,800 $1,581 2023
Pennville Ioof Twin Hills Cemetery IN$219,726 Member $13,390 $13,332 2024
Woodlawn Cemetery Association NY$276,310 Secretary / Trustee $13,200 $11,262 2024
Mount Lawn Cemetery Association Inc NC$218,536 Maintenance $48,000 $48,210 2023
Public Cemetery Of Cullman AL$215,326 President $6,000 $6,301 2023
Steere Family Ri Historical Cemetery #29 RI$214,803 President, Treasurer $2,745 $2,485 2024
Chevra Kadisha Of Alliance NJ$213,934 Director $24,082 $20,301 2024
Brenham Cemetery Association TX$208,612 Treasurer/secretary $66,841 $63,128 2024
Jewish Cemetery Association Of Greater CT$204,847 Executive Director $24,300 $21,511 2024
Bellefontaine Cemetery Society IN$204,089 President $600 $597 2024
Herland Forest WA$201,786 President $42,213 $36,737 2023
Care And Maintenance Trust Fund Of Six SC$201,644 Csa President $14,229 $14,015 2024
Cutler Cremation Company Inc NY$192,571 President $36,400 $31,055 2024
The Putnam County Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Inc NY$304,067 President $38,400 $32,761 2024
Elmwood Cemetery Company IL$190,632 Treasurer $2,081 $1,988 2023
Miami Cemetery Assn OH$188,773 Superintendent $54,328 $52,928 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Labreeska Stanifer) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,900 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.