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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Knox County Employees Credit Union

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 620934157
TN · NTEE W61Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kerri Haynes, Executive Director / CEO ($57,508) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 388 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

388 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 388 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$125 total compensation of comparable organizations → $788,403 $57,508
$15,57010th
$40,77525th
$69,202Median
$104,64275th
$141,70990th
$57,508This org · 39th
p10$15,570
p25$40,775
p50$69,202
p75$104,642
p90$141,709
$57,508

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 TN 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
Consumer Federation Of California CA$486,819 Executive Director $181,137 $144,533 2024
Connected To Lead CA$488,923 Executive Director $77,143 $59,967 2025
Big Sky Fifty Five Plus MT$489,187 Executive Director $62,500 $64,094 2023
The Veteran's Advocacy Foundation Inc MO$489,382 President And Executive Director $57,865 $58,306 2023
Connected Sf CA$486,021 Executive Dir. $240,000 $191,501 2024
Alabama Multifamily Loan Consortium Inc AL$489,914 Executive Director $265,241 $264,787 2024
Kansas Association Of Community KS$485,510 Executive Di $57,790 $56,204 2025
Imagine Idaho Foundation ID$485,246 Treasurer $110,000 $108,130 2024
City Of Anderson Public Facilities SC$485,011 President $26,946 $25,976 2024
Leadership Newark Inc NJ$485,006 Chief Executive Officer $190,325 $157,025 2024
Milford Community Media Center Inc MA$490,870 Executive Director $74,519 $63,706 2023
Brazilian Resource Center Inc MA$484,505 President $85,000 $70,581 2024
The Dekleptocracy Project VA$484,422 President And Executive Director $109,375 $100,469 2023
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc MA$483,988 Executive Director, Director $60,545 $51,760 2023
Bendable Therapy OR$492,687 Executive Dir. $17,800 $15,274 2024
Leadership Spokane WA$482,605 Executive Director $91,429 $75,640 2024
The Finest & Bravest Foundation Of Sugar Land TX$482,164 Director Of Development $43,500 $40,209 2024
Talons Reach Foundation Inc MT$493,351 President $18,462 $18,389 2024
The United States Armor Association GA$481,890 Executive Di $72,000 $66,897 2024
Fort Lawn Community Center Inc SC$481,698 Exec Director $72,000 $69,409 2024
American Military Family Inc CO$493,976 Founder/ceo $76,397 $67,692 2024
Native Public Media Inc AZ$494,561 President And Ceo $117,685 $107,674 2023
Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc MA$494,602 Executive Director & Ceo $165,000 $141,058 2023
Landon's Light Foundation ND$494,603 Executive Di $87,735 $88,969 2024
Manchester Public Television NH$480,407 President $133,880 $114,232 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Kerri Haynes) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 388 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,508 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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 13, 2026.