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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Fairmont Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 550719007
WV · NTEE S200
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alex Petry, Executive Director / CEO ($1,875) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 114 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

114 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 114 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$449 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,647 $1,875
$8,96310th
$25,29725th
$44,528Median
$65,68875th
$83,34690th
$1,875This org · 3rd
p10$8,963
p25$25,297
p50$44,528
p75$65,688
p90$83,346
$1,875

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 WV 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
Grow Grand Island Inc NE$135,084 Chair Person $30,000 $28,946 2024
East Peoria Community Foundation Nfp IL$135,030 Administrative Assistant $1,800 $1,634 2023
Murray Main Street Program Inc KY$134,398 Executive Director $47,187 $45,478 2024
Egleston Square Main Street Inc MA$133,546 Executive Director $56,435 $44,322 2025
Thrive On Network Inc NY$139,340 Founder + Executive Director $81,500 $70,806 2022
West Broadway Neighborhood Association RI$133,281 Executive Director $45,619 $39,241 2024
Northwest Ottawa Chamber Foundation MI$139,424 President $4,042 $3,646 2025
Community En Accion TX$133,058 Executive Director $102,500 $91,979 2024
Main Street Searcy Inc AR$139,692 Executive Direc $51,879 $52,313 2024
Friends Of Residential Treasuresla CA$140,465 Executive Director $17,500 $13,556 2024
Worldnets Synergy Foundation I PR$143,000 Executive Dire $86,058 $83,589 2024
Genesis Group Vision To Reality Inc NY$128,700 President/ceo $92,857 $73,332 2025
Greater Palm River Point Community Development Corporation FL$128,346 Executive Director $76,000 $64,049 2024
Newburg Community Club ND$128,292 President $5,800 $5,562 2025
Central Florida Utility & Transport Contractors Association Inc FL$144,559 Executive Director $37,700 $31,771 2024
Mountaineer Hbpa Benevolent Trust WV$127,040 Trust Administrator $20,533 $19,944 2024
Action Baybrook Inc MD$147,421 Founder And Ceo $14,597 $12,242 2024
El Dorado Main Street Inc KS$124,748 Executive Director $35,000 $33,920 2024
Community Foundation Of Grant County IN$148,126 Executive Director (Part-year) $50,042 $48,739 2023
Summit Impact CA$124,138 Executive Di $175,464 $139,935 2023
Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc OH$150,982 Executive Director $72,536 $68,920 2024
Serverie PA$151,244 Chariman $94,567 $84,600 2024
Desour Valley Edc Inc ND$151,738 Secretary $5,000 $5,068 2023
Racine Revitalization Partnership Inc WI$151,925 Executive Director $74,045 $71,420 2023
Hustle Winston-salem NC$120,434 Executive Director $33,333 $31,810 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Alex Petry) 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 114 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,875 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.