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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Otsego County Economic Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383617810
MI · NTEE C99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Mccomb, Executive Director / CEO ($90,060) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 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: Lisa Mccomb — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$920 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,569 $90,060
$10,65010th
$31,21425th
$43,259Median
$78,16075th
$107,04390th
$90,060This org · 79th
p10$10,650
p25$31,214
p50$43,259
p75$78,160
p90$107,043
$90,060

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 MI 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
Natural Streams Foundation Inc PA$242,875 President And Ceo $35,069 $32,910 2024
Ecological Options Network CA$244,731 President $22,934 $18,636 2024
Eastrail Partners WA$240,542 Executive Director $118,483 $102,773 2023
Sovereign Energy NM$238,491 Executive Director $11,538 $12,023 2023
Ohio River Way OH$248,751 Executive Dir. $38,262 $38,136 2024
The Ike Foundation NJ$235,402 Trustee $253,000 $212,569 2024
Mo Hives Kc MO$230,471 Executive Director $34,900 $34,785 2024
Live Green Connecticut Inc CT$260,833 President $137,500 $124,904 2023
Cultiva International Inc UT$225,527 President $36,000 $35,697 2023
Apis Arborea CA$223,552 President $67,670 $56,612 2023
Mississippis Lower Delta Partnership MS$222,010 Coordinator $66,790 $72,069 2023
Pacific Beach Coalition CA$265,137 President $52,000 $42,254 2024
Rewild Long Island Inc NY$220,764 Director $5,536 $4,707 2024
Wilderness Volunteers Giving Something Back AZ$269,117 Executive Director $69,457 $62,860 2024
Assoc Of Us Delegates To The Gulf Of ME$216,510 Executive Director & Counc $73,905 $69,641 2024
The Firefly Gathering Inc NC$211,169 Executive Director $24,805 $24,831 2023
Gorge Rebuild-it Community Project OR$209,834 Vice Chairexecutive Director $76,500 $65,130 2025
808 Cleanups HI$278,781 Executive Director $43,200 $36,397 2024
Bee The World Corp TX$280,446 President $2,593 $2,441 2024
American Environmental Health Studies Pr VT$206,502 Director $75,000 $71,038 2024
Ballard Family Nature Center Inc IL$204,991 Co-director $34,670 $33,022 2023
Montana Conservation Society MT$285,400 Executive Director $110,000 $111,582 2024
Fair Future Movement Inc WI$199,436 Executive Director $30,291 $30,649 2023
Friends Of Wilmington Parks DE$194,460 Executive Director $45,000 $41,464 2024
Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness SC$296,011 Current Exec Dir $62,750 $61,604 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Lisa Mccomb) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,060 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.