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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472579302
NC · NTEE S05
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kenton Spencer, Executive Director / CEO ($37,569) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1600 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,600 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,600 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $667,271 $37,569
$13,28710th
$34,40025th
$63,684Median
$88,73275th
$123,99890th
$37,569This org · 27th
p10$13,287
p25$34,400
p50$63,684
p75$88,732
p90$123,998
$37,569

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
Join Prometheus Partners Inc NY$264,442 Director And Executive Director $88,260 $79,229 2024
South Texas Builders Alliance TX$264,546 Executive Director $58,333 $57,966 2024
The Society For Psychedelic Outreach CO$264,266 Chair $42,800 $43,694 2022
Homer-cortland Community Agency Inc NY$264,626 Executive Director $72,500 $67,003 2023
Title Insurance Rating Bureau Of PA$264,658 Executive Director $70,431 $69,773 2024
Foundation For Community Driven Innovation Inc FL$264,104 Executive Director $21,750 $20,297 2024
Johnston Chamber Of Commerce IA$264,845 Executive Di $63,742 $69,334 2024
Gillespie County Economic TX$264,944 Executive Director $150,907 $149,960 2024
South Congress Improvement Assoc TX$263,862 Executive Di $40,048 $39,797 2024
Naugatuck Valley Project Inc CT$263,743 Executive Director $70,000 $65,200 2024
Homewood Chamber Of Commerce AL$263,675 Executive Director Through 0324 $75,079 $80,576 2024
Svp Austin Inc TX$263,643 Executive Director $118,938 $118,191 2024
Cottage Grove Chamber Of Commerce WI$263,478 Executive Director $62,776 $67,053 2023
Property Valuation Administrators' KY$263,472 Executive Di $79,720 $82,891 2025
Treasure Valley Rv Dealers Assoc ID$265,575 President $13,000 $14,144 2023
Gapps Global Alliance To Prevent WA$265,582 Treasurer $24,000 $21,346 2024
Sustainable Opportunity Development OH$265,636 Executive Di $95,577 $103,535 2023
Alameda Health System Medical Staff CA$265,796 Chief Of Staff $18,750 $16,084 2024
Center In Midland Pa PA$265,895 Executive Director $58,418 $59,582 2023
Madison Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc GA$262,931 Executive Director $85,000 $82,715 2025
Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association TX$266,057 Executive Director $84,518 $86,468 2023
Vine Neighborhood Association MI$262,730 Executive Di $67,919 $69,642 2024
Livingston County Association MI$262,664 Executive Vi $57,748 $59,213 2024
Leadership Macomb Inc MI$262,652 Executive Director $108,817 $111,577 2024
Oklahoma Citys Adventure District OK$266,306 Director $65,385 $69,680 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC cost of living and 2025 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Kenton Spencer) 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 1600 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,569 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.