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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tree Care Industry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593828176
NH · NTEE M40
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eileen Demers, Executive Director / CEO ($29,536) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Eileen Demers — reported title “Past CFO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$166 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,245 $29,536
$11,40610th
$42,83625th
$77,820Median
$90,89375th
$105,55790th
$29,536This org · 15th
p10$11,406
p25$42,836
p50$77,820
p75$90,893
p90$105,557
$29,536

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 NH 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
Safe 2 School CA$344,963 Executive Dir. $86,771 $81,146 2024
Missing Kid Alert Dba Gateway For Kids MI$370,048 Director $124,469 $143,245 2023
Minnesota Firearms Association MN$376,589 Executive Director $72,000 $79,325 2023
Los Gatos Monte Sereno Safe Routes CA$333,345 Executive Dir. $9,000 $8,200 2025
National Center For Urban Operations Inc NY$330,379 Director $55,240 $55,656 2023
Wyoming-montana Safety Council WY$318,143 Executive Director $78,074 $88,208 2025
Thinkfirst Foundation IL$395,152 Executive Director $104,454 $111,213 2024
Arklatex Safety Council Inc LA$395,212 Executive Director $50,000 $61,388 2023
Valley Splash Aquatics Inc CA$401,774 Ceo $108,843 $101,787 2024
Bikemore Inc MD$300,750 Executive Director $86,000 $87,075 2024
Bike Utah UT$414,065 Co Exec. Dir $85,373 $94,629 2024
Sarpy County Safety Program Corporation NE$418,354 Treasurer $6,000 $7,195 2023
Community911 Training Inc MA$418,434 President & Treasurer $48,166 $48,260 2023
Waterfront Education CA$275,021 President $13,513 $13,544 2022
Greenville Area Parkinsons Society SC$271,642 Executive Director $81,000 $91,516 2024
National Ohv Insurance & Services WI$446,105 President $66,830 $77,820 2023
Community Alliance For Teen Safety NH$256,591 Executive Director $38,152 $38,152 2024
The West Central Montana Avalanche MT$253,739 Executive Dir. $71,680 $86,151 2023
Sass Go SC$251,510 President $79,897 $90,270 2024
Arizona Motorcycle Safety And Awareness Foundation AZ$249,733 Executive Director $43,000 $46,109 2023
Tonto Recreation Alliance Inc AZ$246,291 President Executive Director $40,468 $42,149 2024
Volunteer Firemans Association Of Cambria County And Vicinity PA$241,676 President $150 $166 2023
Brightside Foundation Inc KY$481,773 Ceo - Non Voting $36,333 $43,523 2023
Behind The Scenes Foundation CT$485,902 Executive Di $130,197 $132,206 2024
Nseaswim NC$490,765 Head Coach $65,142 $72,895 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Eileen Demers) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,536 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.