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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Valley Water Supply Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 752293614
TX · NTEE Y22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Becky Hodges, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Becky Hodges — reported title “Sec/Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$211 total compensation of comparable organizations → $27,904 $12,000
$40310th
$60325th
$5,840Median
$10,56475th
$17,89390th
$12,000This org · 76th
p10$403
p25$603
p50$5,840
p75$10,564
p90$17,893
$12,000

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
Penasco Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association NM$127,309 Director $26,719 $27,904 2024
Hogan Water Corp IN$130,135 President $200 $211 2023
Clark Shores Water Corporation MA$130,712 President $3,160 $2,839 2023
Atlanta Water Association Inc MS$137,303 President $360 $380 2025
New Escalante Irrigation Company UT$147,158 President $500 $512 2023
Trinity Knolls Mutual Water Company CA$107,270 Chairman $15,225 $12,765 2024
Gaines Trace Water District MS$150,924 President $396 $418 2025
South Kamas Irrigation Company UT$154,509 Secretary $10,630 $10,564 2024
Sailmail Association CA$99,465 Secretary $25,200 $21,129 2024
Paynes Water Association Inc MS$92,428 Meter Reader $5,400 $5,840 2024
Granada Water Association CO$165,084 Secr Treas $16,900 $15,735 2024
Bluff Dale Water Supply Corporation TX$90,859 Secretary/tr $10,370 $10,072 2024
Mountain Lakes Water & Sewer GA$170,394 President- P $600 $603 2023
Janice Water Association Inc MS$173,236 President $7,625 $8,246 2024
Nibley Blacksmith Fork Irrigation UT$175,314 President $6,500 $6,460 2024
Hemmi Road Water Association Inc WA$181,043 President $1,031 $874 2025
Waterworks District #1 Of Morehouse LA$185,816 President $2,250 $2,405 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Becky Hodges) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.