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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Louisiana Scottish Rite Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 726027272
LA · NTEE Y50Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Gribble, Executive Director / CEO ($10,435) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gary Gribble — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $55,845 $10,435
$1,21810th
$3,58425th
$8,620Median
$14,67275th
$44,59890th
$10,435This org · 54th
p10$1,218
p25$3,584
p50$8,620
p75$14,672
p90$44,598
$10,435

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
Starr Burying Ground Association CT$124,457 Superintendent $12,000 $10,489 2024
Martinsburg Fairview Cemetery Assoc PA$123,949 Sectreasurer $7,800 $7,251 2024
Goshen Cemetery Inc IN$116,781 President $700 $709 2023
Cutchogue Cemetery Association NY$143,463 Superintendent $15,607 $13,147 2024
Mt Carmel Cemetery AR$115,425 Assistant Secretary $5,150 $5,555 2023
The Farmington Cemetery Association NH$115,306 President $1,200 $1,033 2024
Union Cemetery Association Of OR$115,074 Sec/treasurer $3,600 $3,036 2025
Woodland Cemetery Association Inc NY$113,572 President $1,900 $1,648 2023
Broad Run Baptist Cemetery Association WV$147,810 Vice Chairman $5,200 $5,249 2024
Clinton Cemetery Association Inc NY$109,218 Superintendent $18,000 $15,162 2024
Acton Cemetery Inc TX$155,556 Secretary/tr $12,000 $11,520 2023
Marilla Cemetery Association Inc NY$99,787 President $575 $484 2024
Chevra Ahavas Chesed Inc MD$96,228 Executive Director $15,000 $13,073 2024
Oxford Cemetery Association PA$162,842 Secretary $24,730 $23,668 2023
Mumford Rural Cemetery Association NY$92,598 President $6,000 $5,204 2023
Overlook Cemetery Association NJ$169,286 President $16,933 $14,509 2023
Sheffield Cemetery Association PA$88,963 Sexton $6,101 $5,839 2023
The Cemetery Association Of The Jewish NJ$177,465 Executive Vp $12,000 $9,988 2024
Indiana Funeral Education Foundation Inc IN$178,450 Executive Director $51,444 $50,571 2024
Eureka Cemetery & Mausoleum Assn OR$179,008 Director $4,350 $3,766 2024
Sedona Community Cemetery Association AZ$187,616 Secretary $62,292 $55,845 2024
Miami Cemetery Assn OH$188,773 Superintendent $54,328 $52,257 2025
Elmwood Cemetery Company IL$190,632 Treasurer $2,081 $1,963 2023
Cutler Cremation Company Inc NY$192,571 President $36,400 $30,661 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Gary Gribble) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,435 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.