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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Keep Etowah Beautiful Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 630992614
AL · NTEE C500
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Dover, Executive Director / CEO ($44,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$589 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,109 $44,500
$10,28510th
$39,30725th
$58,289Median
$79,16375th
$105,18090th
$44,500This org · 31st
p10$10,285
p25$39,307
p50$58,289
p75$79,163
p90$105,180
$44,500

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 AL 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
Keep The Midlands Beautiful SC$233,516 Executive Di $55,867 $55,376 2024
Chandler Park Conservancy MI$235,449 Ceo $118,533 $116,244 2024
The Treeline Conservancy MI$217,730 Executive Di $115,131 $116,243 2023
Keep Jackson Beautiful MS$238,983 Executive Dir $3,200 $3,487 2023
Scenic Pittsburgh PA$240,966 Executive Director $71,500 $69,748 2023
Wyoming Pathways WY$241,814 Executive Director $90,000 $94,272 2023
Rail-trail Council Of Northeastern PA$212,660 Executive Director $26,088 $24,718 2024
Keep Evansville Beautiful Inc IN$242,493 Past Executive Director $62,047 $62,169 2024
Bucks Beautiful Inc PA$212,217 Executive Di $40,083 $37,979 2024
Dixie Fire Canopy Project CA$209,783 Executive Dir. $12,750 $10,460 2024
Keep Virginia Beautiful VA$245,919 Executive Director $80,000 $73,392 2024
Keep Rockland Beautiful Inc NY$202,946 Executive Director $61,506 $52,806 2024
Warrick Parks & Trails Foundation Inc IN$200,387 Executive Director $49,292 $50,848 2023
3d Nature Technologies Inc TX$200,000 Vice President And Secretary $91,000 $89,044 2023
Keep Alabama Beautiful AL$256,170 Executive Director $41,000 $42,085 2024
Uptown Lexington Inc NC$195,095 President $600 $589 2024
Clean Valley Council Inc VA$194,336 Executive Director $65,589 $58,620 2025
Narrow Ridge Center TN$189,012 Director $31,981 $31,940 2024
Memory Trees Corporation FL$187,856 Executive Director $11,000 $10,109 2023
Citizens Caring For Clearlake CA$268,914 President & Ceo $4,050 $3,323 2024
Keep Polk County Beautiful Inc FL$184,054 Executive Director $66,619 $57,930 2025
Keep Nebraska Beautiful NE$278,359 President $92,600 $97,425 2023
Keep Toledolucas County OH$279,879 Exec Directo $92,648 $95,988 2023
Delaware Greenways Inc DE$174,120 Executive Director $67,742 $63,022 2024
Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful Inc CO$173,551 Executive Director $62,875 $55,806 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL cost of living and 2025 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 AL 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Lisa Dover) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,500 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.