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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southwest Collective

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384126406
IL · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jaime Searle, Executive Director / CEO ($59,427) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 309 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jaime Searle — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

309 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 309 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$621 total compensation of comparable organizations → $253,710 $59,427
$17,83310th
$36,70525th
$64,033Median
$82,12475th
$108,83090th
$59,427This org · 46th
p10$17,833
p25$36,705
p50$64,033
p75$82,124
p90$108,830
$59,427

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 IL 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
Central Adirondack Partnership For NY$316,243 Executive Di $59,980 $55,130 2024
Volunteer Center Of East Central WI$317,651 Executive Di $74,823 $79,484 2024
The Urban Oasis Inc MD$318,154 Executive Director $71,318 $66,073 2025
Millburn Short Hills Business Organization Inc NJ$318,755 Executive Director $110,318 $100,188 2024
Beverly Main Streets Inc MA$318,844 Executive Di $93,549 $83,305 2025
Gric Urban Members Association Inc AZ$312,925 Chair $4,800 $4,696 2024
Springfield Avenue Partnership NJ$312,687 Executive Director $105,462 $95,778 2024
Freeway Park Neighborhood Group WA$321,133 Executive Director $87,707 $79,873 2024
Al Community Development Corporation TX$310,318 Secretary $40,922 $41,638 2024
The Orinda Association CA$321,844 Secretary $17,125 $15,041 2024
Bayside Village Business Improvement NY$322,011 Executive Dir. $38,178 $35,091 2024
Friends Of Georgetown DC$322,036 Executive Director $77,787 $69,433 2024
Dubois County Area Development Corp IN$322,485 President-co $116,244 $128,375 2023
Uptown Parnership Incorporated CA$323,144 Executive Director $95,434 $86,299 2023
Livermore Downtown Inc CA$308,752 Executive Director $105,232 $92,428 2024
T R Hoover Community Development Corporation Inc TX$307,878 5106 Bexar St Dallas Tx 75215 $15,000 $15,713 2023
Believe In Bristol Inc TN$324,220 Ex Dir $60,000 $62,497 2025
Crime Stoppers Of Northeast Florida FL$307,480 Executive Di $67,465 $64,467 2024
The San Juan Safe Communities NM$307,335 Executive Dir. $63,000 $68,924 2024
Capital Area Health Alliance MI$325,169 Executive Di $107,540 $112,906 2024
Fulton Economic Development Corp IN$325,896 Executive Director $82,355 $88,340 2024
World Servants Inc PA$326,260 Executive Di $90,000 $91,292 2024
Amigos En Cristo Inc FL$305,295 Ceo $65,167 $62,271 2024
Tappahannock Main Street VA$327,098 Executive Director $66,900 $67,645 2023
Blues To Green Inc MA$327,638 Executive Di $59,208 $54,119 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Jaime Searle) 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 309 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,427 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.