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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lemhi County Economic Development Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810641530
ID · NTEE S32
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tammy L Stringham, Executive Director / CEO ($49,921) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tammy L Stringham — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,255 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,093 $49,921
$24,25910th
$61,27025th
$85,083Median
$106,98375th
$144,67090th
$49,921This org · 18th
p10$24,259
p25$61,270
p50$85,083
p75$106,983
p90$144,670
$49,921

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 ID 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
Bisonx ND$499,889 Executive Director $208,504 $215,093 2023
Door County Economic Development WI$505,269 Secretary And Executive Director $116,902 $111,475 2024
North Dakota Farmers Union Foundation ND$507,249 President $9,900 $9,920 2024
Southern Mutual Help Association Inc LA$471,290 President $180,319 $186,650 2023
Great Plains Development Inc KS$469,125 Co-executive Director $84,532 $83,384 2024
Franklinton Center At Bricks Inc NC$540,339 Executive Director $80,850 $76,277 2024
Kentucky Science Teachers Association KY$543,929 Executive Dir. $116,136 $110,989 2025
Northwest Douglas County Economic CO$547,688 President $75,833 $68,354 2023
Community Capital Of Vermont VT$438,273 Executive Di $113,519 $104,327 2024
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund WA$437,153 Executive Director $127,500 $104,228 2024
Indiana Cooperative Development IN$437,011 Executive Di $131,561 $126,678 2024
Alliance 2005 WA$559,389 Executive Director $104,223 $85,200 2024
South-central Indiana Regional IN$427,663 Executive Di $92,548 $89,113 2024
Texas Rural Communiites Inc TX$421,076 Executive Director $81,617 $74,545 2024
Rural Peoples Platform WA$390,950 Executive Director $36,207 $29,598 2024
Northeast Texas Economic Development TX$389,637 Executive Director $12,920 $11,800 2024
Rural Consumer Services Corporation NC$374,114 Ceo/general $212,866 $200,826 2024
North Central Planning Council ND$613,987 Executive Director $115,017 $115,248 2024
Appalachian Independence Center VA$623,585 Executive Di $71,198 $61,151 2025
Iaf Northwest WA$344,164 Lead Organizer $5,205 $4,255 2024
Beadle And Spink Enterprise SD$340,295 Executive Di $67,175 $67,692 2024
Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone Inc IL$332,466 Executive Director $63,591 $57,083 2024
Seabrook Community Foundation WA$657,787 Executive Director $75,000 $61,310 2024
Montana Cooperative Development Center MT$677,678 Executive Director $85,855 $86,997 2023
Upper Cumberland Entreprenurial TN$687,547 President & Ceo $101,400 $97,320 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Tammy L Stringham) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,921 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.