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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Mexico In Depth Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454011138
NM · NTEE A33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Guy E Jennings Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($85,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Guy E Jennings Iii — 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

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,496 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,030 $85,000
$24,86110th
$50,03525th
$71,017Median
$97,05275th
$126,48790th
$85,000This org · 63rd
p10$24,861
p25$50,035
p50$71,017
p75$97,052
p90$126,487
$85,000

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 NM 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
Students Publishing Co Inc IL$480,101 General Manager $103,500 $91,891 2024
The Ipswich Local News Inc MA$480,015 President & Director $51,912 $43,372 2023
Real News Project Inc NY$475,910 President $155,000 $126,487 2024
America's Survival Inc MD$489,252 President $4,250 $3,496 2025
Journal Of Consumer Research Inc IL$492,011 Secretary $127,013 $112,766 2024
The Library Of American Landscape MA$470,525 Executive Dir. $128,322 $104,135 2024
Bay City News Foundation CA$493,508 Executive Director $20,000 $15,596 2024
Aspen Journalism CO$494,180 Executive Director $97,460 $86,887 2023
Daily Nebraskan NE$466,249 General Manager $92,265 $87,308 2025
A Public Space Literary Projects Inc NY$500,626 Executive Director $130,000 $109,219 2023
Firecracker Forum Inc CA$501,846 President $160,025 $128,475 2023
Restless Books Inc MA$506,393 Director And Publisher $85,000 $71,017 2023
Undercurrent Inc CA$454,388 President $88,500 $71,052 2023
Adventist Forum CA$446,626 Exec Editor $60,100 $48,251 2023
Echo Publishing MI$439,510 Vice Preside $48,000 $44,742 2024
Annals Of Family Medicine Inc KS$524,500 Director $75,030 $73,201 2024
Primary Information Inc NY$439,309 Executive Director $93,649 $76,422 2024
Zyzzyva Inc CA$435,626 Executive Director $131,074 $102,213 2024
Campus Communications Inc FL$528,422 Presidentgeneral Manager $62,696 $51,819 2025
Simpson Street Free Press Inc WI$434,818 Executive Director $82,414 $80,024 2023
Legion For The Survival Of Freedom Inc CA$539,233 President $22,050 $17,194 2024
Benitolink Inc CA$424,646 Executive Dir. $66,560 $51,904 2024
Four Way Books Inc NY$410,023 Publisher And Executive Editor $83,687 $70,310 2023
Allegheny Institute For Public Policy PA$554,376 Executive Director $176,289 $158,762 2024
Independent Coast Observer Community News CA$555,254 Editor Publisher $32,281 $25,173 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Guy E Jennings Iii) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,000 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.