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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bloomington Community Radio Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 310935271
IN · NTEE A34
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Turner, Executive Director / CEO ($50,721) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John Turner — reported title “General Manager”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,750 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,788 $50,721
$30,07810th
$45,69225th
$61,291Median
$81,15175th
$95,05690th
$50,721This org · 26th
p10$30,078
p25$45,692
p50$61,291
p75$81,151
p90$95,056
$50,721

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
El Buen Samaritano Radio Ministry CA$404,005 Ceo $35,750 $29,273 2024
Gospel Opportunities Inc MI$392,127 Manager/boar $61,175 $59,876 2024
Quad Cities Community Broadcasting Group IL$447,933 President $65,745 $61,291 2024
Voicecorps Reading Services Inc OH$373,016 Executive Di $54,474 $56,327 2023
Renewal Ministries TN$461,326 President $63,000 $62,796 2024
Ricochet Productions Inc CA$366,284 President/ceo $63,000 $51,586 2024
Gallup Public Radio Inc NM$345,431 Station Mana $78,129 $79,685 2024
Foundation To Advance Jazz CA$489,131 Executive Director Chief Content Offcicer $98,000 $82,616 2023
Skeptoid Media Inc OR$343,012 Executive Di $107,100 $94,313 2024
World Music Productions NY$336,580 Executive Dir. $21,000 $17,994 2024
Sunrise Communications Inc NE$332,983 General Mana $57,348 $58,490 2024
Central Dakota Enterprises Inc ND$507,039 Station Manager $113,542 $115,110 2025
The Kitchen Sisters Productions CA$507,894 Co-executive $84,117 $68,877 2024
International Media Project CA$325,761 Executive Director $101,554 $83,155 2024
Kekahu Foundation Inc Dba Kkcr HI$320,448 General Manager $37,778 $32,073 2024
Global Pediatric Alliance CA$518,815 Executive Director $93,242 $78,604 2023
Lakota Communications Inc SD$519,975 Executive Di $38,112 $39,886 2024
Harvest Broadcasting Company Inc CA$312,976 Member At Large $37,389 $30,615 2024
Korean Christian Broadcasting System IL$520,912 President $11,200 $10,750 2023
Christian Media Inc NE$300,084 General Director $49,044 $51,498 2023
J C Maxwell Broadcasting Corporatio MS$294,860 General Manager $33,251 $36,154 2023
Jack Straw Foundation WA$560,427 Executive Director $96,280 $84,155 2023
Sky High Broadcasting Corporation MO$563,661 President $95,753 $96,170 2024
South Carolina Broadcasters SC$566,316 Executive Di $125,468 $127,788 2023
Kwmr CA$577,674 Executive Dir. $62,962 $51,555 2024

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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (John Turner) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A34), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,721 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.