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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bluff Dale Water Supply Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 752735861
TX · NTEE Y22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deborah Morris, Executive Director / CEO ($10,370) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 90 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Deborah Morris — reported title “SECRETARY/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

90 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 90 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$79 total compensation of comparable organizations → $267,951 $10,370
$46510th
$1,18625th
$5,663Median
$15,19675th
$58,45490th
$10,370This org · 61st
p10$465
p25$1,186
p50$5,663
p75$15,196
p90$58,454
$10,370

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
Blueberry Aerie 4090 Foe MI$89,983 Secretary $1,182 $1,220 2024
Paynes Water Association Inc MS$92,428 Meter Reader $5,400 $6,012 2024
Mumford Rural Cemetery Association NY$92,598 President $6,000 $5,580 2023
Japanese Mutual Aid Society Of Chicago IL$89,085 Executive Director $8,000 $7,862 2024
Sheffield Cemetery Association PA$88,963 Sexton $6,101 $6,262 2023
New Bedford Lodge No 914 Loyal Order Of Moose MA$93,202 Administrator $1,551 $1,393 2024
Allendale Waldwick Pba NJ$93,386 State Delegate $1,950 $1,696 2025
Free And Accepted Masons Willow Glen-fraternity399 CA$93,422 Secretary $3,600 $3,108 2024
Vfw Post 1449 Inc NY$94,121 Quartermaster $15,600 $14,509 2023
Independent Royal Arch Lodge No 2 NY$87,003 Secretary $1,800 $1,626 2024
Chevra Ahavas Chesed Inc MD$96,228 Executive Director $15,000 $14,019 2024
Ivanhoe Firemens Relief Association MN$85,281 Gambling Man $11,695 $11,552 2024
Rockville Firemens Relief Association MN$83,987 President $200 $198 2024
Rhode Island State Fop Foundation Inc RI$98,822 President $4,800 $4,482 2025
Cahp Retired Employees Medical Trust CA$98,902 Trustee $41,152 $35,524 2024
Sailmail Association CA$99,465 Secretary $25,200 $21,753 2024
Marilla Cemetery Association Inc NY$99,787 President $575 $519 2024
Real Estate Cyber Consortium DC$100,000 Executive Director $38,537 $33,807 2024
Blackduck Volunteer Fireman's MN$81,347 President $449 $456 2023
Deming Water Association WA$80,750 President $500 $448 2024
The Amt Health Benefits Trust VA$79,661 President $55,862 $53,920 2024
Nashwauk Fire Relief Association MN$102,081 President $7,200 $7,112 2024
Middle Creek Cemetery Association Inc TN$79,467 Secretary $12,500 $13,523 2023
Jernberg Steelworkers Retiree Health PA$79,448 Committee Member $1,000 $997 2024
Charture Institute WY$78,721 Executive Di $60,000 $64,229 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 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Deborah Morris) 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 90 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,370 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.