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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South-central Indiana Regional

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 351877247
IN · NTEE S32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Skylar Whiteman, Executive Director / CEO ($92,548) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$375 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,385 $92,548
$11,66910th
$41,09825th
$75,384Median
$110,07875th
$150,24690th
$92,548This org · 64th
p10$11,669
p25$41,098
p50$75,384
p75$110,078
p90$150,246
$92,548

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
Texas Rural Communiites Inc TX$421,076 Executive Director $81,617 $77,419 2024
Indiana Cooperative Development IN$437,011 Executive Di $131,561 $131,561 2024
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund WA$437,153 Executive Director $127,500 $108,246 2024
Community Capital Of Vermont VT$438,273 Executive Di $113,519 $108,348 2024
Rural Peoples Platform WA$390,950 Executive Director $36,207 $30,739 2024
Northeast Texas Economic Development TX$389,637 Executive Director $12,920 $12,255 2024
Great Plains Development Inc KS$469,125 Co-executive Director $84,532 $86,598 2024
Southern Mutual Help Association Inc LA$471,290 President $180,319 $193,844 2023
Rural Consumer Services Corporation NC$374,114 Ceo/general $212,866 $208,568 2024
Lemhi County Economic Development Association Inc ID$493,886 Exec Director $49,921 $51,846 2023
Bisonx ND$499,889 Executive Director $208,504 $223,385 2023
Door County Economic Development WI$505,269 Secretary And Executive Director $116,902 $115,772 2024
North Dakota Farmers Union Foundation ND$507,249 President $9,900 $10,302 2024
Iaf Northwest WA$344,164 Lead Organizer $5,205 $4,419 2024
Beadle And Spink Enterprise SD$340,295 Executive Di $67,175 $70,301 2024
Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone Inc IL$332,466 Executive Director $63,591 $59,283 2024
The Granary Foundation NE$329,446 Executive Director $17,257 $17,601 2024
Logan County Economic Development CO$320,715 Executive Director $113,473 $106,225 2023
Franklinton Center At Bricks Inc NC$540,339 Executive Director $80,850 $79,218 2024
The Living River Restoration Trust VA$311,836 Executive Director $29,231 $26,764 2024
Kentucky Science Teachers Association KY$543,929 Executive Dir. $116,136 $115,267 2025
Northwest Douglas County Economic CO$547,688 President $75,833 $70,989 2023
Griggs-steele Empowerment Zone Inc ND$296,295 President $360 $375 2024
Alliance 2005 WA$559,389 Executive Director $104,223 $88,484 2024
Rei Capital Access Fund Inc OK$292,647 President $42,667 $44,551 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Skylar Whiteman) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $92,548 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.