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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Metropolitan Safety Council Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 720459032
LA · NTEE M40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Inbau, Executive Director / CEO ($33,963) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,294 $33,963
$14,49310th
$34,52925th
$49,857Median
$73,49375th
$76,72190th
$33,963This org · 26th
p10$14,493
p25$34,529
p50$49,857
p75$73,493
p90$76,721
$33,963

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 LA 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
National Committee On Uniform Traffic Control Devices AZ$218,831 Executive Secretary $87,750 $76,640 2024
Kauai Sailing Association HI$214,355 Treasurer $40,275 $33,714 2023
Chautauqua Children's Safety NY$211,744 Executive Di $81,073 $66,531 2024
Bike Walk Macon Inc GA$203,275 Ececutive Di $54,600 $49,857 2024
Volunteer Firemans Association Of Cambria County And Vicinity PA$241,676 President $150 $139 2023
Tonto Recreation Alliance Inc AZ$246,291 President Executive Director $40,468 $35,344 2024
Project Childsafe Inc CT$196,137 Assistant Secretary $106,126 $88,036 2025
Arizona Motorcycle Safety And Awareness Foundation AZ$249,733 Executive Director $43,000 $38,665 2023
Sass Go SC$251,510 President $79,897 $75,696 2024
The West Central Montana Avalanche MT$253,739 Executive Dir. $71,680 $72,243 2023
The 247 Movement TN$189,904 Executive Di $46,335 $44,231 2024
National Safety Council Ohio Chapter OH$188,834 Executive Director $56,160 $52,626 2025
Community Alliance For Teen Safety NH$256,591 Executive Director $38,152 $31,993 2024
Veteran Sailing Inc FL$183,464 Secretary $2 $2 2024
Educators School Safety Network OH$176,215 Director Of Programs $39,758 $38,242 2024
Bikehouston Inc TX$173,613 Executive Director $135,721 $123,294 2024
Greenville Area Parkinsons Society SC$271,642 Executive Director $81,000 $76,741 2024
Waterfront Education CA$275,021 President $13,513 $11,357 2022
Revved Up Kids Inc GA$168,897 Executive Di $29,608 $27,036 2024
Addventuri VA$158,204 Executive Di $66,269 $58,109 2024
Bikemore Inc MD$300,750 Executive Director $86,000 $73,017 2024
Wyoming-montana Safety Council WY$318,143 Executive Director $78,074 $73,968 2025
National Center For Urban Operations Inc NY$330,379 Director $55,240 $46,671 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Beth Inbau) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,963 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.