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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Columbia-greene Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510243890
NY · NTEE B80Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Rhinehart-rizzi, Executive Director / CEO ($918) 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 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kim Rhinehart-rizzi — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$437 total compensation of comparable organizations → $186,093 $918
$8,20310th
$31,15325th
$59,945Median
$94,25875th
$124,32590th
$918This org · 1st
p10$8,203
p25$31,153
p50$59,945
p75$94,258
p90$124,325
$918

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 NY 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
College Affordable Inc MA$478,589 Executive Director/clerk $171,553 $165,707 2024
Enriching Partnerships For Early Learning IL$473,033 Executive Director $80,533 $82,910 2025
Lake Geauga Educational Assistance OH$480,156 Executive Director $80,348 $94,177 2023
Youth Tech Inc KS$484,809 Executive Director $146,000 $169,543 2024
Nature Track Foundation Inc CA$465,833 President & Ceo $62,550 $58,057 2024
The Green Thumb Initiative Inc CO$486,893 Ceo $90,530 $96,065 2023
Nevada Center For Civic Engagement NV$487,302 Executive Director $96,000 $103,436 2024
Ohio School Resource Officers OH$462,423 Executive Di $77,878 $88,663 2024
Embright Education NJ$492,664 Executive Dir. $54,000 $50,489 2025
Vidal Access Inc AL$497,096 President/employee $108,800 $123,088 2025
Level Up Cincinnati OH$453,506 Executive Director $80,625 $94,502 2023
Practice After School Program WY$452,557 Fiscal & It $40,810 $46,973 2024
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $91,072 2024
Eclectic Teaching Consortium AR$450,056 Executive Director $31,217 $36,746 2025
Intrax Foundation CA$502,297 Director $10,000 $9,282 2024
Kut Different FL$437,163 Presidence $80,960 $84,167 2023
Student Government Suny College Of NY$515,448 President $1,750 $1,700 2024
North Star Self-directed Learning For Teens Inc MA$436,159 Executive Director $35,000 $32,936 2025
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $27,104 2023
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $45,213 2025
The Partnership For West Side High School Inc NJ$521,531 Chief Executive Officer $170,000 $158,946 2025
Tools For Tomorrow Inc CA$522,964 Executive Director $92,074 $83,258 2025
Hendricks College Network IN$424,534 Non-voting Executive Direc $83,581 $94,743 2024
Bioquest Curriculum Consortium NH$423,272 President $30,900 $31,575 2023
Student Government Association NY$528,867 President $2,178 $2,116 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Kim Rhinehart-rizzi) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $918 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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 10, 2026.