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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Itasca Community Television Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364209055
MN · NTEE A32Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth George, Executive Director / CEO ($79,359) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beth George — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$28,992 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,439 $79,359
$55,91510th
$69,94325th
$83,232Median
$96,17875th
$114,18790th
$79,359This org · 45th
p10$55,915
p25$69,943
p50$83,232
p75$96,178
p90$114,187
$79,359

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 MN 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
North Andover Community Access MA$491,273 Executive Di $99,709 $88,076 2024
Revere Community Media Center Inc MA$488,966 Executive Director $91,608 $83,311 2023
Golden Valley Community CA$493,956 General Mana $69,123 $58,673 2024
Davis Media Access CA$483,763 Executive Director $82,742 $68,423 2025
Look Listen And Learn Tv WA$497,648 Executive Director $101,222 $89,084 2024
Westford Community Access MA$502,016 Executive Di $89,494 $79,053 2024
Foxboro Cable Access Inc MA$505,779 Executive Di $133,852 $118,236 2024
Fund For Innovative Tv IL$510,786 Executive Dir. $59,596 $57,593 2024
Speak Up Tampa Bay Public Access Television Inc FL$511,226 Executive Dir. $76,289 $70,449 2024
Nutmeg Public Access Television Inc CT$468,871 Executive Di $106,381 $98,048 2024
Berks Community Television PA$468,073 Executive Di $50,233 $47,973 2025
Onion River Community Access Media VT$514,949 Co Director $74,252 $73,466 2024
Sandwich Area Community Access MA$459,024 Executive Di $94,238 $85,703 2023
Belmont Community Media Center Inc MA$521,986 Executive Dir. $91,688 $80,991 2024
Whitman Hanson Community Access MA$522,062 Executive Di $86,764 $78,906 2023
Northampton Community Television Inc MA$530,691 Executive Director $101,656 $89,797 2024
Access Humboldt CA$532,694 Executive Director $103,315 $87,696 2024
Northwest Peg-tv Inc VT$535,586 Executive Director $73,593 $74,964 2023
Orion Neighborhood Television Corporation MI$432,108 Executive Director $85,880 $87,135 2024
Vail Community Television Corporation CO$431,998 Executive Director $103,705 $97,750 2024
Andover Community Access & Media MA$429,757 Executive Di $138,854 $119,493 2025
Grand Valley Public Radio Company CO$429,153 Executive Di $37,523 $35,368 2024
Wpkn Incorporated CT$414,288 Technical Director $51,500 $47,465 2024
Los Gatos Public Media Inc CA$409,242 Executive Dir. $106,704 $90,573 2024
Community Access Television Inc VT$572,759 Exec. Director $66,304 $67,539 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Beth George) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $79,359 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.