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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Believe In Bristol Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364574627
TN · NTEE S20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maggie Elliott, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 306 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

306 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 306 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$596 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,570 $60,000
$17,77310th
$35,53425th
$62,009Median
$79,45375th
$108,33990th
$60,000This org · 48th
p10$17,773
p25$35,534
p50$62,009
p75$79,453
p90$108,339
$60,000

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 TN 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
Capital Area Health Alliance MI$325,169 Executive Di $107,540 $108,393 2024
Uptown Parnership Incorporated CA$323,144 Executive Director $95,434 $82,849 2023
Fulton Economic Development Corp IN$325,896 Executive Director $82,355 $84,809 2024
Dubois County Area Development Corp IN$322,485 President-co $116,244 $123,244 2023
World Servants Inc PA$326,260 Executive Di $90,000 $87,644 2024
Friends Of Georgetown DC$322,036 Executive Director $77,787 $66,658 2024
Bayside Village Business Improvement NY$322,011 Executive Dir. $38,178 $33,689 2024
The Orinda Association CA$321,844 Secretary $17,125 $14,440 2024
Tappahannock Main Street VA$327,098 Executive Director $66,900 $64,941 2023
Freeway Park Neighborhood Group WA$321,133 Executive Director $87,707 $76,681 2024
Blues To Green Inc MA$327,638 Executive Di $59,208 $51,956 2024
Northend Rise Inc FL$327,715 Executive Director (Former) $152,690 $144,210 2023
West End Revitalization Association NC$327,896 Co-founder Director $37,450 $38,903 2023
The Pest Management Foundation Inc VA$328,040 Ceo Npma $37,002 $35,919 2023
Beverly Main Streets Inc MA$318,844 Executive Di $93,549 $79,975 2025
Millburn Short Hills Business Organization Inc NJ$318,755 Executive Director $110,318 $96,184 2024
Main Street Medina Inc OH$329,790 Executive Director $68,377 $70,721 2024
Warroad Community Development MN$330,238 President/ceo $86,353 $83,323 2024
The Urban Oasis Inc MD$318,154 Executive Director $71,318 $63,432 2025
Kingsbridge District Management Association Inc NY$330,509 Exec Director $40,365 $35,619 2024
Volunteer Center Of East Central WI$317,651 Executive Di $74,823 $76,308 2024
Dekalb Co Senior Citizens Council Inc MO$331,745 Administrator $29,861 $30,885 2024
Sustaining Way SC$332,175 Executive Di $77,258 $78,706 2024
Central Adirondack Partnership For NY$316,243 Executive Di $59,980 $52,927 2024
Southwest Collective IL$316,035 Exec Director $59,427 $57,052 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 TN 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Maggie Elliott) 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 306 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.