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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Central Virginia Battlefields Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541828344
VA · NTEE A80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Rensel, Executive Director / CEO ($68,727) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 122 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

122 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 122 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,610 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,463 $68,727
$13,10210th
$30,43525th
$52,872Median
$70,19975th
$84,34890th
$68,727This org · 73rd
p10$13,102
p25$30,435
p50$52,872
p75$70,199
p90$84,348
$68,727

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 VA 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
Alliance For Historic Hillsborough NC$260,988 Exec Director $45,454 $47,247 2024
Historic Railroad Square Association CA$259,718 Executive Dir. $34,130 $29,647 2024
Coutts Memorial Museum Of Art Inc KS$263,982 Executive Director $66,250 $71,999 2024
Wayne County Historical Museum Inc IN$263,992 Interim Executive Director $49,994 $53,037 2024
Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area VA$264,630 Executive Di $81,780 $81,780 2023
Adena Mansion And Gardens Society OH$256,847 Executive Director $56,686 $60,398 2024
Fptower Inc NC$256,355 Executive Director $36,000 $37,420 2024
Trail Of Tears Association Inc OK$266,003 Executive Director $75,921 $84,099 2024
Discovery Expedition Of St Charles Mo Inc MO$266,577 Executive Director $56,692 $62,188 2023
The Freedom Archives CA$254,114 Director $50,000 $43,433 2024
Standing Bear Native American Foundation Inc OK$253,128 Executive Director $7,200 $7,975 2024
Destination Downtown Lancaster Inc OH$252,889 Executive Di $69,150 $75,854 2023
Middle Passage Ceremonies & Port FL$269,967 Executive Director $47,796 $45,169 2024
William H Gray Iii Memorial Foundation DC$251,862 Executive Director $84,000 $76,343 2023
Friends Of Harriet Beecher Stowe House OH$251,465 Executive Director $52,169 $55,585 2024
T L C Carnival Club Inc LA$250,592 President $7,425 $8,225 2024
Louisiana Children's LA$272,001 Operations M $30,000 $33,231 2024
Berwick Historical Society PA$273,374 Executive Director $54,530 $54,704 2024
Main Street Portsmouth OH$275,016 Executive Di $27,605 $30,281 2023
Musical Arts Society Of New Orleans LA$275,504 Executive Dir. $40,000 $45,617 2023
High Plains Heritage Society Inc SD$275,804 Executive Director $68,805 $76,389 2024
The Whitesbog Preservation Trust Inc NJ$276,286 Executive Dir. $58,000 $52,094 2024
The Casino Star Theater Foundation UT$245,564 Executive Director $6,000 $6,360 2023
Charleston County Parks Foundation SC$276,622 Executive Di $61,534 $64,579 2024
Veterans To Farmers Inc CO$241,926 Executive Director $24,320 $24,152 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Terry Rensel) 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 122 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,727 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.