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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of The Flint Hills Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480756002
KS · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mickey Edwards, Executive Director / CEO ($68,959) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mickey Edwards — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,129 $68,959
$12,83910th
$35,88025th
$49,726Median
$65,02875th
$80,61190th
$68,959This org · 78th
p10$12,839
p25$35,880
p50$49,726
p75$65,028
p90$80,611
$68,959

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 KS 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
United Way Of Maury County Inc TN$378,346 Exec Director $49,468 $46,750 2024
Corona Norco United Way CA$377,249 Chief Executive Officer $105,960 $82,263 2024
Association For Benevolent Care Inc OH$373,732 Executive Director $18 $18 2023
Uwgr Holding Company Inc NY$384,924 President & Ceo $55,237 $43,719 2025
United Way Of Yuma County Inc AZ$370,731 President And Ceo $75,589 $65,359 2024
United Way Of Lincoln County NC$388,180 Executive Director $65,015 $60,399 2024
United Way Of Lawrence County PA$389,138 Executive Director $82,598 $74,057 2024
United Way Of Wilkes County Inc NC$367,727 Secretary $55,900 $51,930 2024
United Community Services For Working Families PA$390,913 Executive Director $65,832 $59,024 2024
United Way Of Corinth And Alcorn MS$366,629 Executive Di $72,000 $74,227 2023
Partners For Community Inc IL$393,739 Executive Director $83,964 $74,216 2024
United Way Of Danville-pittsylvania VA$362,518 President/ceo $73,847 $62,454 2025
United Way Of Yavapai County Inc AZ$396,236 Executive Director $40,861 $36,375 2023
Small Difference Foundation TX$397,258 Executive Director $15,624 $14,467 2023
United Way Of Southeast Georgia GA$359,491 Executive Di $55,200 $49,901 2024
Granville County United Way Inc NC$400,255 Executive Di $114,306 $106,189 2024
Burlington County Farm Fair Inc NJ$356,297 Manager $12,000 $9,633 2024
United Way Of Lewis County WA$402,487 Executive Director $89,600 $74,254 2023
United Way Of Southern Maryland MD$402,859 Executive Director $105,551 $88,722 2024
Sanctuary In The Ordinary MO$353,515 Executive Director $82,209 $78,284 2024
Earthshare Chapters Inc DC$352,363 Ceo $45,046 $35,540 2024
United Way Of Southwest Minnesota MN$409,767 Ceo $64,614 $55,923 2025
Jewish Federation Of Dutchess Count NY$414,575 Executive Di $87,525 $71,108 2024
United Way Of Eastern La Salle County IL$338,512 Executive Dir. $62,400 $53,733 2025
American Federation Of Government NC$420,001 President $2,060 $1,914 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Mickey Edwards) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,959 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.