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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Rural Education Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 726099028
TX · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bill Tarleton, Executive Director / CEO ($133,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bill Tarleton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,500 total compensation of comparable organizations → $267,111 $133,900
$25,16110th
$45,56125th
$74,050Median
$90,64175th
$153,58690th
$133,900This org · 84th
p10$25,161
p25$45,561
p50$74,050
p75$90,641
p90$153,586
$133,900

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 TX 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
Kyle Chamber Of Commerce TX$367,498 Ceo $104,757 $104,757 2024
Tarrant Regional TX$361,480 Executive Director $198,000 $198,000 2024
Identity Defined Security Alliance TX$374,829 Executive Director, President, Treasurer, And Secretary $77,560 $77,560 2024
Ypo Bayou City TX$377,049 Chapter Manager $48,009 $46,772 2025
Provider Alliance For Community Service TX$378,644 Executive Director $125,748 $125,748 2024
Farm And Ranch Freedom Alliance TX$353,371 Executive Director $33,567 $33,567 2024
Cen-tex African American Chamber Of Commerce Inc TX$383,036 Executive Director $71,926 $74,050 2023
Greater Austin Black Chamber Of Commerce TX$345,608 Director $82,500 $84,937 2023
Burnet Chamber Of Commerce TX$336,993 Executive Director $25,161 $25,161 2024
Bulverde-spring Branch Area TX$330,435 President $56,149 $56,149 2024
College Of Commerical Arbitrators TX$328,221 Executive Dir. $73,830 $73,830 2024
Texas Water Infrastructure Network TX$327,112 Executive Director $245,000 $252,237 2023
Fire Sprinkler Contractors Assoc Of Tex TX$321,705 Executive Director $42,004 $43,245 2023
East Parker County Chamber Of Commerce TX$416,219 President/ceo $88,610 $88,610 2024
Texas Association Of Community Schools TX$319,020 Executive Director $157,650 $153,586 2025
Ingleside Chamber Of Commerce TX$417,508 Director $50,000 $50,000 2024
Accessibility Professionals Association TX$288,892 Executive Director $75,108 $77,326 2023
Cen-tex Hispanic Chamber Of Comm TX$285,750 Presedent/ceo $75,315 $75,315 2024
Invest Texas Council TX$285,000 Director $10,000 $10,295 2023
International Geosynthetics Society TX$452,273 Executive Director $55,571 $55,571 2024
Texas Grazing Land Coalition Inc TX$455,646 Executive Director $76,500 $76,500 2024
League City Chamber Of Commerce TX$461,383 President/ce $43,077 $44,349 2023
Truckers Service Association TX$273,129 President $1,500 $1,500 2024
Theatre Owners Of Mid-america TX$269,538 Executive Director $52,684 $54,240 2023
Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association TX$266,057 Executive Director $84,518 $87,014 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Bill Tarleton) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $133,900 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.