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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Keep Nebraska Beautiful

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470491821
NE · NTEE C500
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bob Verkuilen, Executive Director / CEO ($92,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bob Verkuilen — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$560 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,036 $92,600
$9,79310th
$30,35825th
$52,634Median
$83,49975th
$100,45890th
$92,600This org · 87th
p10$9,793
p25$30,358
p50$52,634
p75$83,499
p90$100,458
$92,600

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 NE 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
Keep Toledolucas County OH$279,879 Exec Directo $92,648 $91,235 2023
Citizens Caring For Clearlake CA$268,914 President & Ceo $4,050 $3,158 2024
Carlsbad Mainstreet Project NM$288,535 Executive Director $57,750 $57,750 2023
Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc FL$294,141 Executive Director $60,160 $52,546 2023
Keep Alabama Beautiful AL$256,170 Executive Director $41,000 $40,001 2024
Vermont Green-up Inc VT$302,409 Executive Di $104,230 $97,540 2023
Keep Prince William Beautiful Inc VA$305,840 Executive Dir. $61,365 $55,088 2023
San Francisco Beautiful CA$306,005 Executive Dir. $48,449 $37,781 2024
Greater Eastover Neighborhood Foundation MS$308,187 Executive Director $63,700 $65,962 2023
Keep Virginia Beautiful VA$245,919 Executive Director $80,000 $69,757 2024
Keep Evansville Beautiful Inc IN$242,493 Past Executive Director $62,047 $59,090 2024
Wyoming Pathways WY$241,814 Executive Director $90,000 $89,604 2023
Scenic Pittsburgh PA$240,966 Executive Director $71,500 $66,293 2023
Keep Jackson Beautiful MS$238,983 Executive Dir $3,200 $3,314 2023
Accounting For Sustainability CA$319,429 Executive Dir. $176,867 $137,923 2024
Chandler Park Conservancy MI$235,449 Ceo $118,533 $110,488 2024
Scenic Walton Inc FL$322,166 Executive Director $120,705 $102,403 2024
Keep The Midlands Beautiful SC$233,516 Executive Di $55,867 $52,634 2024
Greenscape Of Jacksonville Inc FL$325,928 Executive Di $85,000 $72,111 2024
Keep Etowah Beautiful Inc AL$227,535 Executive Di $44,500 $42,296 2025
The Treeline Conservancy MI$217,730 Executive Di $115,131 $110,487 2023
Saratoga County Foundation Inc NY$342,857 Chamber President $35,004 $28,565 2024
Rail-trail Council Of Northeastern PA$212,660 Executive Director $26,088 $23,495 2024
Bucks Beautiful Inc PA$212,217 Executive Di $40,083 $36,098 2024
Dixie Fire Canopy Project CA$209,783 Executive Dir. $12,750 $9,942 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Bob Verkuilen) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $92,600 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.