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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Davie County Economic Development Commission Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561932514
NC · NTEE S30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Bralley, Executive Director / CEO ($136,561) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 185 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

185 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 185 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $229,378 $136,561
$17,69010th
$42,67525th
$74,073Median
$99,84775th
$134,81490th
$136,561This org · 91st
p10$17,690
p25$42,675
p50$74,073
p75$99,847
p90$134,814
$136,561

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 NC 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
Enterprise Futures CA$371,118 Executive Director And President $157,597 $127,926 2024
2523 Market Corp OH$370,154 Former Exec $1,260 $1,255 2024
Delafield Promotional & WI$374,607 Executive Director $11,118 $10,915 2024
Mcdevco Inc WI$367,541 Executive Director $113,760 $111,683 2024
Wakarusa Valley Development Inc KS$366,709 Executive Di $187,715 $190,635 2024
Heart Of Brevard NC$375,666 Executive Director $88,649 $86,106 2024
Teamcalifornia Economic Development Corp CA$366,573 Ceo $119,477 $99,847 2023
Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc TX$378,130 Executive Director $75,846 $71,320 2024
82nd Street District Management NY$378,507 Executive Dir. $90,568 $79,205 2023
Lapeer Development Corporation MI$379,284 Executive Di $121,900 $118,277 2024
Rutland Makers Inc VT$362,903 Executive Di $79,423 $75,148 2024
Eastern Plains Economic Development MT$360,223 Executive Di $49,834 $50,497 2024
Allendale County Alive SC$382,763 Executive Director $41,811 $39,947 2025
Laredo Motor Carriers Association TX$359,339 President $70,000 $67,767 2023
Kendall County Economic Development Corporation TX$385,842 President/ceo $142,560 $134,054 2024
International Business As Mission Inc VA$385,960 President $4,500 $4,085 2024
Minnesota Center For Employee Ownership MN$386,210 Executive Director $69,046 $64,134 2024
Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation NE$386,587 Vp & General Counsel $54,118 $54,716 2024
West Michigan Hispanic Chamber Of MI$387,399 President & $26,175 $26,147 2023
Amplify Equity Inc NY$354,839 Executive Director $84,483 $71,763 2024
Idea Foundry PA$353,744 Director & Ceo $208,810 $201,528 2023
Carroll Technology Council Inc MD$389,169 Executive Di $103,428 $93,582 2023
Main Street Winter Haven Inc FL$352,397 President $70,063 $61,872 2024
Folsom Community Development Corporation CA$352,017 Ceo/president $115,040 $96,139 2023
Boulder Chamber Foundation CO$351,613 President & Ceo $18,609 $17,269 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 Bralley) 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 185 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $136,561 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.