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Compensation Comparability Determination

River Valley Initiative Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320051502
IA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rick Dickinson, Executive Director / CEO ($27,183) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1000 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rick Dickinson — reported title “PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,000 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $427,825 $27,183
$18,99710th
$39,93525th
$61,429Median
$85,92675th
$109,44890th
$27,183This org · 16th
p10$18,997
p25$39,935
p50$61,429
p75$85,926
p90$109,448
$27,183

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 IA 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
Hub Argentine Inc KS$612,802 Executive Director $88,232 $84,558 2024
Kicking Bear Foundation MN$613,927 President $85,619 $75,050 2024
Community Initiatives Inc SC$613,933 Executive Di $84,800 $80,797 2023
Royersford Outreach Inc Open Door PA$612,113 Executive Director $67,900 $60,067 2024
American Friends Of Magen Lacholeh Inc NJ$614,770 Vice President $24,000 $19,008 2024
🔒 995 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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:

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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 13, 2026.