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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Niobrara Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470834274
NE · NTEE C20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kalli Kieborz, Executive Director / CEO ($54,710) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 280 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

280 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 280 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$466 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,304 $54,710
$6,71710th
$21,58125th
$42,414Median
$61,81575th
$81,64590th
$54,710This org · 68th
p10$6,717
p25$21,581
p50$42,414
p75$61,815
p90$81,645
$54,710

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
Werkin Outdoors NC$153,506 Committee Chair $28,037 $26,935 2024
Streets Run Watershed Association PA$153,299 Executive Director $88,000 $81,592 2024
Save The Yellowstone Grizzly MT$153,826 Board Treasu $12,000 $12,381 2023
Friends Of Pumpkinvine Nature Trail Inc IN$154,111 Board Member, Administrative Manager $24,000 $23,531 2024
Torrey Botanical Society NY$154,792 President $8,000 $6,721 2024
Cross Vermont Trail Assocation Inc VT$155,037 Executive Director $23,000 $22,159 2023
Garden Club Of Ohio Inc OH$155,383 Exec. Secretary/co-treasurer $5,750 $5,830 2023
Conservation Technology Accelerator Inc CA$156,240 President $13,499 $10,838 2024
Center For Science In Public Participation MT$150,621 President $100,949 $101,173 2024
The Center For Transformation Inc NJ$150,374 Co-executive Director $72,000 $61,534 2023
New Jersey Arborists Chapter NJ$157,064 Executive Director $125,375 $104,076 2024
Badlands National Park SD$149,803 Executive Director $76,635 $78,636 2024
Foundation For Ohio River Education OH$157,120 Secretary $28,400 $28,793 2023
Coastal Resources Group Inc FL$157,240 Past Pres/treas/director $70,728 $63,601 2023
Pelican Lakes Conservation Club MN$149,353 Gamb Mgr/dir $35,375 $31,661 2025
Nansemond River Preservation Alliance VA$157,999 Presidentceo $79,500 $71,368 2024
Rosedale Conservancy Inc DC$148,888 Treasurer $5,072 $4,138 2024
Integrated Vegetation Management Partners Inc DE$158,016 President $133,800 $125,406 2023
Altamaha Riverkeeper Inc GA$148,849 Executive Director $77,920 $72,844 2024
The Pennsylvania Pink Zone PA$148,218 Executive Director $50,085 $45,241 2025
Assateague Coastal Trust Inc MD$148,058 Executive Director $59,615 $51,819 2024
Citizens Coal Council PA$158,904 Executive Di $68,000 $64,911 2023
Center For Environmental Law & Policy WA$147,671 Executive Director $89,680 $74,651 2024
Brodheads Watershed Corporation PA$159,342 Executive Director (Until 10/2023) $53,190 $50,773 2023
Texas Botanical Gardens And Na TX$147,483 Exec Director $26,400 $25,279 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
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 (Kalli Kieborz) 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 280 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,710 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.