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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stanly County Convention And Vistiors Bureau Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412139529
NC · NTEE S30
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brooks Kasey Lynn, Executive Director / CEO ($50,977) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 112 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brooks Kasey Lynn — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

112 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 112 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,258 total compensation of comparable organizations → $209,644 $50,977
$11,49310th
$33,90725th
$63,996Median
$81,80375th
$104,72190th
$50,977This org · 42nd
p10$11,493
p25$33,907
p50$63,996
p75$81,803
p90$104,721
$50,977

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 NC 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
Montana West Economic Development MT$205,356 President/ceo $11,287 $12,087 2024
Common Wealth Inc OH$208,039 Executive Director $34,698 $36,508 2024
Old Town Commercial Association MI$208,424 Executive Director $66,308 $67,990 2024
Northwest Wisconsin Economic WI$208,540 Fiscal Manager $44,333 $45,995 2024
Gateway South Innovation District MO$209,054 President $63,747 $69,054 2023
Crazy Love Africa CO$203,713 Executive Director $11,000 $10,788 2023
Elwood Community Development Corporation IN$210,909 Executive Director $7,097 $7,435 2024
Perris Community Economic Development Co CA$200,227 Chief Executive Director $27,674 $24,440 2023
Healthy Neighborhood Enterprises VA$200,019 Executive Director $65,337 $64,522 2023
Boonslick Community Development MO$213,628 Ex Officio M $87,706 $95,008 2023
Columbus Compact Corporation OH$213,718 President & $80,900 $85,121 2024
Emancipation Economic Development Council TX$198,287 Executive Director $93,674 $93,085 2024
Bay Area Women Coalition Inc AL$217,019 Executive Di $54,000 $57,954 2024
Betamore Inc MD$217,026 Executive Dir. $77,500 $74,104 2023
Catalyst Community Capital Inc FL$195,564 Ceo / Board Member $11,002 $10,571 2023
Foodworks Alliance Llc OH$195,468 Executive Di $34,678 $37,565 2023
Inner City Green Team Economic And Enviromental Development NY$217,956 Charlton $100,000 $89,768 2024
Elevate Edgerton Inc KS$220,011 President/tr $137,815 $147,905 2024
We Lead IA$220,331 Executive Director $78,125 $84,978 2024
Downtown Janesville Inc WI$221,656 Managing Direct $74,519 $77,313 2024
Norfolk Innovation Corridor VA$221,725 Executive Di $20,000 $19,184 2024
Chautauqua Opportunities For NY$191,315 Ceo $20,241 $18,170 2024
Blades Economic Development Corporation DE$190,730 Dockmaster $19,200 $18,676 2024
Keyah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance NM$190,416 Chief Executive Officer $60,500 $64,643 2024
Lincoln County Economic Dev Foundation KS$223,067 Director $61,163 $67,581 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Brooks Kasey Lynn) 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 112 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,977 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.