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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The South County News

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611713578
MI · NTEE W99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bob Ball, Executive Director / CEO ($14,245) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,094 $14,245
$7,66010th
$15,16425th
$48,000Median
$74,34875th
$110,95790th
$14,245This org · 24th
p10$7,660
p25$15,164
p50$48,000
p75$74,348
p90$110,957
$14,245

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 MI 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
New Americans Initiative KY$207,754 Director Of Operations $99,680 $103,755 2024
Values To Action OR$208,951 Trustee $15,593 $14,029 2024
The Steel Horse Rally Inc AR$205,571 President $145,333 $158,270 2024
Mashup Nashville TN$205,448 Chief Executive Officer $18,960 $19,879 2023
Pasos For Oak Cliff TX$204,656 Executive Director $1,044 $1,042 2023
Arise & Go CA$211,406 President $79,793 $66,754 2024
Sandy Springs Arts Foundation Inc GA$212,856 Foundation Mgr. $85,000 $82,802 2024
Great Bend Center For Music WA$202,114 Director $56,250 $50,232 2023
Allied Communities Of Tulsa Inspiring OK$201,803 Senior Organizer $71,500 $78,531 2023
Civic Momentum MN$200,628 Director, Ceo, And Coo $70,000 $68,992 2023
People Matter IL$216,495 Co-president $58,880 $54,636 2025
Celebrate Me Week MN$217,117 Camp Administrator $10,897 $10,740 2023
Lyon County Historical Society MN$197,720 Executive Di $41,709 $41,108 2023
Crockett Mission TN$218,254 Ceo $8,250 $8,650 2023
Nine Muses Foundation NY$220,069 Executive Director $157,199 $141,687 2023
Banda Health TX$221,053 President $69,048 $66,917 2024
Main Line Cycle Center MN$194,224 Executive Director $35,984 $35,466 2023
21st Century Alliance CA$191,034 Executive Director $252,054 $217,094 2023
Rhode Island Coalition For Children & Families Education Fund Inc RI$224,854 Executive Director $96,121 $89,296 2024
The Pilcrow Foundation OR$225,026 President $56,250 $52,103 2023
Aranya Solutions MT$230,397 President $12,000 $12,902 2023
Kennett Flash Inc PA$231,488 Executive Di $57,050 $55,119 2024
Through The Trees NC$183,310 Executive Di $27,388 $27,417 2024
Grandmother Collective Inc MA$181,647 Executive Director $80,557 $70,134 2024
Barrios Unidos NM$179,237 President And Executive Director $39,670 $42,559 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Bob Ball) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,245 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.