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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carolina Common Enterprise

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460568407
NC · NTEE S193
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas Beckett, Executive Director / CEO ($85,821) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1749 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Thomas Beckett — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,749 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,749 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $631,420 $85,821
$14,27710th
$36,52825th
$64,001Median
$89,44075th
$124,34290th
$85,821This org · 72nd
p10$14,277
p25$36,528
p50$64,001
p75$89,440
p90$124,342
$85,821

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
Conifer Area Chamber Of Commerce CO$316,512 Executive Dir. $58,000 $50,933 2025
Rain Properties Inc NY$316,315 President/ceo/secretary $21,111 $18,462 2023
Columbia-greene Board Of Realtors NY$316,549 Association $134,808 $114,512 2024
Central Adirondack Partnership For NY$316,243 Executive Di $59,980 $50,950 2024
The Chamber Of Commerce Of The Two WV$316,708 President & Ceo $98,532 $100,288 2024
Southwest Collective IL$316,035 Exec Director $59,427 $54,921 2024
Louisiana Rural Electric LA$316,012 President $2,700 $2,723 2025
Greater Prince George's Business Roundtable Inc MD$316,953 Pres, Ceo $75,010 $65,922 2024
Gathering Of Hlth Care Simulation Tech Specialists NV$317,356 Executive Director $65,131 $61,371 2024
Wls Building Company MN$315,484 School Director $10,128 $9,685 2023
Spokane Independent Metro WA$315,469 Executive Director $82,176 $69,161 2024
Harrisburg Economic Development SD$317,410 Executive Director $61,215 $65,384 2023
American Car Rental Association MD$317,535 Executive Director $112,500 $101,791 2023
High Plains Community NM$315,306 Manager $43,325 $42,675 2025
Pioneering With Passion Ministries (Ppm) CT$315,223 Director $11,000 $9,695 2024
Volunteer Center Of East Central WI$317,651 Executive Di $74,823 $73,457 2024
Bullitt County Chamber Of Commerce KY$317,661 Ceo $80,030 $83,214 2023
Scranton Electricians Jatc Building Inc PA$315,095 Chairman $62,396 $58,493 2024
Wayne Area Economic Development Inc NE$317,784 Executive Di $65,967 $68,667 2023
Aerozone Alliance OH$314,982 Executive Director $226,641 $225,654 2024
Citizens Trade Campaign DC$317,891 Executive Director $91,270 $77,514 2023
Karl Perl Charitable Trust IL$314,900 Trustee $80,133 $76,244 2023
Commonwise Education Inc NY$314,772 Executive Dir. $30,769 $26,136 2024
The Urban Oasis Inc MD$318,154 Executive Director $71,318 $61,062 2025
Columbia-greene Addiction Coalition Inc NY$314,537 Executive Director $85,000 $72,203 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Thomas Beckett) 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 1749 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,821 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.