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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 481243473
KS · NTEE T20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph Newland, Executive Director / CEO ($21,168) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$608 total compensation of comparable organizations → $68,377 $21,168
$5,80610th
$17,59625th
$34,652Median
$44,57575th
$59,53290th
$21,168This org · 32nd
p10$5,806
p25$17,596
p50$34,652
p75$44,575
p90$59,532
$21,168

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
First Baptist Church Of Phoenix AZ$170,980 Treasurer (Thru 12/23) $29,610 $26,359 2024
Kelley Family Foundation OH$180,150 Secretary $26,221 $25,044 2025
Bonifacio Place Inc CA$180,523 Ceo $47,732 $39,279 2023
Albers Family Affiliated Fund Of Occf OK$169,601 Secretary/trustee $25,864 $27,141 2023
Eden Incorporated IL$185,739 Intl Director $42,600 $38,766 2024
Continental Divide Color Guard Circuit CO$185,947 Treasurer $1,000 $888 2024
Bunny And Alan Bernstein Family MD$160,864 Public Director $36,499 $31,586 2024
Faith Foundation Of Central Florida Inc FL$194,655 Executive Director $49,000 $41,510 2025
Bigfork Playhouse Children's MT$198,369 Vice Preside $64,000 $65,744 2023
Renaissance Newark Foundation Inc NJ$145,804 Past Secretary $24,905 $20,583 2024
Growing Years Children's Academy CA$206,512 President $26,000 $21,395 2023
Us Presidential Scholars Foundation MA$206,776 Interim Exec Director $7,520 $6,255 2024
White Family Supporting Foundation KS$207,970 Executive Director $36,272 $37,343 2023
Education Foundation Of Greenville MI$142,913 Executive Di $11,273 $10,770 2024
Frank & Kathleen Blair & Christine MD$141,614 President $7,000 $6,058 2024
Friends Of Fmc Foundation Inc MT$141,318 Foundation Director $17,481 $17,442 2024
L'arche Daybreak Foundation Us $210,625 Director Of Finance $10,943 $10,943 2024
Dormie Network Foundation NE$220,985 Treasurer/secretary $4,630 $4,610 2024
Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation MI$221,484 Development Officer $43,646 $42,932 2023
Greenwood Heritage Foundation SC$129,555 President/ceo $45,508 $45,243 2023
Ala Allied Professional Association Inc IL$222,535 Executive Director Thru October 2023 $25,291 $23,015 2024
Architectural Woodwork Institute VA$128,460 Secretary $45,856 $40,984 2024
Heartland Chamber Music Ltd MO$223,504 Executive Director $50,000 $50,468 2023
Police Foundation Of Colorado Springs CO$224,284 President $10,000 $9,138 2023
The Wvi Dolphin Foundation Inc NY$225,682 Executive Dir. $48,675 $40,713 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 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 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Joseph Newland) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,168 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.