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Compensation Comparability Determination

Blue Ridge Women In Agriculture

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 342011588
NC · NTEE K03
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Whiteman, Executive Director / CEO ($67,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 337 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

337 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 337 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$120 total compensation of comparable organizations → $309,580 $67,400
$19,53110th
$46,42225th
$69,666Median
$92,79375th
$121,39490th
$67,400This org · 47th
p10$19,531
p25$46,422
p50$69,666
p75$92,793
p90$121,394
$67,400

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 NC 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
Dcck Support Corporation DC$1,229,350 Ceo/secretary $20,389 $16,819 2024
Clermont County Agricultural Society OH$1,231,299 President $3,000 $2,987 2024
California Wic Association CA$1,225,841 Executive Dir. $76,213 $61,864 2024
Garden City Harvest Inc MT$1,224,728 Executive Director $92,588 $93,820 2024
Vaad Hakashrus Of Dallas Inc TX$1,234,174 Administrator $119,245 $112,130 2024
🔒 332 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 NC 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 NC 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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.