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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cape Girardeau County Board Of Realtors

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431154628
MO · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Baker, Executive Director / CEO ($56,395) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 492 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

492 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 492 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $400,940 $56,395
$15,13810th
$40,13025th
$65,454Median
$93,50775th
$127,91690th
$56,395This org · 40th
p10$15,138
p25$40,130
p50$65,454
p75$93,507
p90$127,916
$56,395

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 MO 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
Utah Tech Leads Association UT$251,663 President & Ceo $113,750 $117,805 2022
Phcc Educational Foundation CA$252,617 Ceo $13,059 $10,961 2023
Central Missouri Building Industries Asn MO$252,712 Executive Dir. $51,262 $52,776 2023
Cuyahoga County Mayors And City Managers Association OH$251,263 Executive Director $73,132 $73,132 2024
Fairfield Chamber Of Commerce Inc CT$252,976 President $97,415 $86,236 2024
Heights In Progress Inc NJ$250,926 President $32,100 $27,060 2024
Washington Brewers Guild WA$250,879 Executive Director $87,265 $75,945 2023
Aspen Sister Cities Program Inc CO$253,571 President $800 $724 2024
Rexburg Chamber Of Commerce ID$250,476 Ceo $40,000 $40,175 2024
Agencies For Children's Therapy Services NY$253,650 Executive Director $56,000 $49,188 2023
Littleton Business Chamber Inc CO$250,452 Executive Director $84,211 $74,273 2025
China Enterprise Council CA$253,683 Director $39,000 $32,735 2023
City Of Linden District Management Corp NJ$250,340 Office Manager $42,000 $34,492 2025
Alamo Angels TX$250,232 Executive Director $16,360 $15,907 2023
Minnesota County Engineers Assoc MN$250,176 President $1,200 $1,120 2024
Spanish Fork Area Chamber Of Commer UT$250,046 President - Ceo $52,816 $51,037 2024
State Business Executives VA$250,000 President & Ceo $121,500 $110,762 2024
The Housing Association Of Mississippi MS$254,370 Executive Director $23,300 $24,501 2024
Midwestern Ohio Association Of Real OH$249,693 Executive Di $60,124 $60,124 2024
Arlington Chamber Of Commerce TN$249,497 Executive Director $68,835 $66,554 2025
Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance AZ$254,845 Prior Executive Director $104,969 $95,313 2024
Northern Cincinnati Chamber Of Commerce OH$249,242 Former Chamber President $72,500 $74,641 2023
Retail Grocers Association Of KS$248,888 President/ceo $35,751 $36,466 2024
Northwest Automotive Trades OR$255,423 Executive Director $78,332 $70,710 2023
Barnesville Chamber Of Commerce OH$248,591 Director $35,318 $35,318 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Terry Baker) 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 492 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,395 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.