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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Voluntary Benefits Plan For Retired

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341388262
OH · NTEE Y30Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John T Grigsby Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($35,270) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 180 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: John T Grigsby Jr — reported title “BENEFITS COMMITTEE CHAIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

180 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 180 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$83 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,270,199 $35,270
$1,20810th
$4,06925th
$11,629Median
$31,29275th
$53,62790th
$35,270This org · 79th
p10$1,208
p25$4,069
p50$11,629
p75$31,292
p90$53,627
$35,270

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
Henry's Fork Groundwater District ID$205,459 Chairman $6,150 $6,000 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles VT$205,841 Secretary Tr $11,110 $10,255 2024
Cloquet Lodge 1274 Loyal Order Of Moose MN$204,882 Administrator $10,400 $9,424 2024
Jewish Cemetery Association Of Greater CT$204,847 Executive Director $24,300 $20,894 2024
Bellefontaine Cemetery Society IN$204,089 President $600 $580 2024
Linville Haile Water System Inc LA$203,428 Secretary $19,200 $19,388 2024
Southern Connecticut District Roofers CT$202,988 Trustee $46,211 $40,908 2023
Fraternal Order Of Eagles CA$202,792 Secretary $5,542 $4,275 2025
Northwest Florida Defense Coalition FL$208,353 Executive Di $57,114 $49,204 2024
Ballston Spa Cemetery Association Inc NY$202,343 Treasurer $2,400 $1,989 2024
Brenham Cemetery Association TX$208,612 Treasurer/secretary $66,841 $61,316 2024
Herland Forest WA$201,786 President $42,213 $35,683 2023
Care And Maintenance Trust Fund Of Six SC$201,644 Csa President $14,229 $13,613 2024
Berryville Moose Lodge 2139 Loyal Order Of Moose VA$201,497 Administrator $39,000 $34,533 2024
Wcribma - Veba MA$209,745 Trustee $114,482 $94,344 2024
Chico-leland Stanford Masonic Temple Association CA$210,124 Cfo $21,308 $16,874 2024
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks FL$200,491 1 Year Trustee $14,625 $12,275 2025
Lw Sewer Company MO$200,481 Plant Operator $12,000 $11,656 2024
Wayne D Clark Aerie 4488 VA$199,060 Worthy Presi $25,460 $22,544 2024
Grand Lodge Of The Independent MI$212,973 Grand Secret $29,650 $28,065 2024
Seafarers California Llc MD$197,703 Vice President (As Of Feb) $138,137 $121,932 2023
Montville Pba Local #140 NJ$213,273 President $400 $328 2024
Chevra Kadisha Of Alliance NJ$213,934 Director $24,082 $19,718 2024
Coventry-west Greenwich Lodge #2285 Of The Bpoe RI$196,664 Secretary $4,100 $3,513 2025
Steere Family Ri Historical Cemetery #29 RI$214,803 President, Treasurer $2,745 $2,414 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 T Grigsby Jr) 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 180 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,270 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.