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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Suzerain

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813622373
SC · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Casey M Secor, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 270 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Casey M Secor — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

270 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 270 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$581 total compensation of comparable organizations → $363,252 $55,000
$16,64310th
$33,67125th
$54,901Median
$72,48175th
$87,09990th
$55,000This org · 50th
p10$16,643
p25$33,671
p50$54,901
p75$72,481
p90$87,099
$55,000

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 SC 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
Autism Society Of Maine ME$342,179 Executive Director (Former) $56,638 $52,962 2025
Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports NH$344,040 Executive Director $21,104 $18,679 2024
Young Audiences Of Northeast Texas Inc TX$340,792 Executive Dir. $50,417 $49,770 2023
Next Move Program VA$340,422 Executive Director & Co-founder $78,757 $75,044 2023
Hogans Junior Golf Foundation NE$344,706 Executive Director $23,695 $25,151 2023
Corazon A Corazon IL$345,264 Executive Dir. $60,000 $56,542 2024
Jackson Center For Conductive Education IN$338,751 Program Director $55,000 $57,239 2023
Rise Women Leadership Conference RI$337,934 Executive Director $5,000 $4,732 2023
Burma Humanitarian Mission UT$337,697 Executive Director $24,480 $23,397 2025
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc CT$349,093 Executive Director $75,000 $67,406 2024
Birthline NE$334,590 Executive Director $48,417 $49,917 2024
Hoyt Foundation Inc MA$350,597 Director $5,000 $4,307 2024
Women's Fund Of Hawai'i HI$333,935 Admin. Coord $48,532 $41,650 2024
Carribean Equality Project Inc NY$351,131 Executive Director $54,120 $48,262 2023
The Way 2 Serve Inc AL$351,778 President $80,500 $83,362 2024
Raising Harts Corporation MA$332,098 President/ Ceo $15,500 $13,351 2024
Seniors Vs Crime Inc FL$352,975 President $37,560 $32,950 2025
Infinity Peer Support Cooperative NH$331,773 Former Executive Director $62,673 $57,110 2023
Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund For Women VT$353,749 Vice President $22,600 $22,449 2023
Soleana Stables TX$354,040 Executive Director $85,000 $81,502 2024
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network Of Arizona Inc AZ$355,075 Executive Director - President $97,977 $92,989 2023
Waterfall Foundation AK$355,161 Ex. Director/secr. $36,000 $32,991 2024
United Returning Citizens Inc OH$329,445 Executive Director $78,000 $79,190 2024
Rebuilding Together Fargo-moorhead ND$355,535 Executive Di $57,750 $60,748 2024
Operation Hope Prison Ministry Inc OK$329,169 Executive Di $75,520 $82,066 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Casey M Secor) 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 270 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.