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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Horse Country Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471608262
KY · NTEE Y11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hallie Hardy, Executive Director / CEO ($128,919) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 100 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

100 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 100 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$74 total compensation of comparable organizations → $249,481 $128,919
$41510th
$1,18325th
$5,714Median
$14,57375th
$41,20190th
$128,919This org · 98th
p10$415
p25$1,183
p50$5,714
p75$14,573
p90$41,201
$128,919

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 KY 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
Ohio League For Nursing OH$119,853 Managing Dir $54,600 $53,827 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles MO$121,924 Bartender $14,603 $14,026 2025
Advanced Providers Insurance Risk AZ$123,494 President, Treasurer, Dire $51,600 $46,190 2024
Martinsburg Fairview Cemetery Assoc PA$123,949 Sectreasurer $7,800 $7,240 2024
Goshen Cemetery Inc IN$116,781 President $700 $708 2023
Indpt Order Of Odd Fellows Columbian Encampment #1 DC$124,410 Secretary $600 $478 2025
Starr Burying Ground Association CT$124,457 Superintendent $12,000 $10,473 2024
Mt Carmel Cemetery AR$115,425 Assistant Secretary $5,150 $5,547 2023
The Farmington Cemetery Association NH$115,306 President $1,200 $1,031 2024
Union Cemetery Association Of OR$115,074 Sec/treasurer $3,600 $3,031 2025
Kasson Fire Department MN$125,681 President $300 $276 2024
Fulton Elks Lodge NY$126,033 Treasurer $2,500 $2,049 2025
Woodland Cemetery Association Inc NY$113,572 President $1,900 $1,645 2023
Penasco Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association NM$127,309 Director $26,719 $26,749 2024
Valley Water Supply Corp TX$128,209 Sec/treasurer $12,000 $11,502 2023
Wyoming Fire Dept Relief Association MN$111,547 President $500 $474 2023
Louisiana Scottish Rite Foundation LA$129,490 Executive Dir. $10,435 $10,419 2025
Hogan Water Corp IN$130,135 President $200 $202 2023
Knights Of Columbus Council 7612 MD$130,470 Financial Secretary $512 $434 2025
Clark Shores Water Corporation MA$130,712 President $3,160 $2,721 2023
Ensemble Innovation Ventures CO$130,971 President And Chief Executive Officer $279,529 $249,481 2024
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks 2641 Decatur TN$131,406 Treasurer $2,700 $2,573 2025
Fraternal Order Of Eagles OH$109,239 Secretary $75 $74 2024
Clinton Cemetery Association Inc NY$109,218 Superintendent $18,000 $15,139 2024
Henderson Fire Department MN$132,462 President $400 $379 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Hallie Hardy) 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 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $128,919 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.