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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blackacre Conservancy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311072393
KY · NTEE T22Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dennis Craig, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$880 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,092 $70,000
$4,36910th
$8,17525th
$27,092Median
$57,85375th
$82,28890th
$70,000This org · 79th
p10$4,369
p25$8,175
p50$27,092
p75$57,853
p90$82,288
$70,000

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 KY 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
Terrebonne Foundation For Academic LA$326,465 Executive Director $56,000 $55,748 2024
Norman A & Susan L Pappas Family MI$330,349 Secretary $26,189 $24,439 2024
Msda Charitable And Educational MD$322,375 Executive Director $5,360 $4,530 2024
Leadership Perimeter Inc GA$339,391 Executive Di $90,600 $82,359 2024
Grantmakers Of Oregon And Sw Washington OR$310,685 President/ceo $136,621 $118,092 2023
Delaware Preservation Fund Inc DE$304,850 Program Director $4,890 $4,329 2024
Hand Up For Women TN$351,607 Executive Director $68,870 $67,381 2023
Bonny Lea Charitable Foundation $294,876 Executive Director $98,872 $96,035 2024
Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation Inc MI$294,164 Vice President - Executive Director $13,350 $12,826 2023
Zarlengo Foundation CO$362,095 Executive Dir. $95,000 $82,355 2024
Southeastern Pa Intergroup PA$286,727 Office Manager $62,720 $56,547 2024
Worcester Public Library Foundation MA$370,266 Executive Director/clerk $100,957 $82,020 2024
Sauganash Foundation NY$280,083 Trustee $29,400 $24,728 2023
Parson Of The Hills Foundation Inc NC$373,789 Ceo Director $52,008 $50,018 2023
Anna's Celebration Of Life IN$275,464 Director $51,688 $49,279 2024
Abny Foundation Inc NY$382,348 Ceo & Secretary $8,750 $7,359 2023
Ironworkers Local 782 Joint KY$382,411 Trustee $906 $880 2024
Ridgecrest Foundation Inc IA$383,077 Ceo $45,574 $43,951 2025
Jimmie Johnson Foundation NC$383,978 Executive Director $81,953 $76,557 2024
Hope Christian Services Foundation Inc NJ$388,812 Ceo $16,806 $13,566 2024
The Gerald S And Miriam M Friedkin CA$262,367 Director $21,207 $17,045 2023
St Stephens Episcopal School FL$261,420 Ex-officio $9,349 $8,175 2023
Walter & Avis Jacobs Foundation Inc KY$256,115 President $10,000 $9,463 2025
The John And Clara Brady Family LA$397,568 Director $58,114 $57,853 2024
Blue Heron Foundation CA$253,752 Director Of Communications $2,637 $2,058 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Dennis Craig) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.