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Compensation Comparability Determination

Semco Energy Inc Non-union Veba Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 386705804
MI · NTEE Y43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of M Colleen Starring, Executive Director / CEO ($13,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 8 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50^th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

SectorOrganizations sharing the subject's NTEE classification (Y43).
BudgetTotal revenue between $3,693 and $14,772 — 0.50× to 2.00× the subject's $7,386 (the band tightens as size grows).
GeographySame NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.5–2× revenue.

8 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography → 8 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$87110th

$1,30525th

$16,539Median

$75,96875th

$125,64290th

$13,800This org · 50th

p10$871

p25$1,305

p50$16,539

p75$75,968

p90$125,642

$13,800

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.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Eventide Cemetery Trust	WV	$5,883	$1,150	990
Croton Lodge 368 F&am	NY	$9,322	$219	990
Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 3137	ME	$5,066	$3,970	990
Girard Cemetery Corporation	TX	$4,923	$1,357	990
Nellie R Sherwood Trust	IA	$4,054	$130,324	990
George Meany Boulevard	NY	$12,629	$123,636	990
Seiu Local 49 Building Trust	OR	$13,305	$60,079	990
Republic Risk Retention Group	SC	$13,749	$29,108	990

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

Peer count8 organizations — below 15; treat the percentiles as indicative, not precise. Compensation range $219–$130,324; filing years 2023–2025.
Size basisMatched on total revenue ($7,386); for reference, expenses $3,384 and assets $127,165. Revenue and expenses diverge this year — revenue may misrepresent operating size; weigh the expense-based view.
Role matchM Colleen Starring, reported title "PRESIDENT US UTILITIES DIRECTOR", benchmarked as Executive Director / CEO. The title maps directly to this role.
Related-org pay4 peers report related-organization compensation (column E), which the D + F benchmark does not fully capture; review where material.

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	50^th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	50^th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	0^th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	100^th

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (M Colleen Starring) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 8 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.5–2× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,800 is reasonable (approximately the 50^th 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). 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.