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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Burgess Canal & Irrigation Co

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820103883
ID · NTEE Y22
FY ending 2025-02-28
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine Boulter, Executive Director / CEO ($15,333) 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 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christine Boulter — reported title “SECRETARY”, 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

$467 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,020 $15,333
$58910th
$1,18525th
$9,999Median
$18,09775th
$45,07490th
$15,333This org · 71st
p10$589
p25$1,185
p50$9,999
p75$18,097
p90$45,074
$15,333

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
Old Union Water Association Inc MS$416,814 President $520 $576 2023
Richmond Irrigation & Power Company UT$419,625 Water Master $25,464 $25,148 2024
Belah-fellowship Water System Inc LA$420,011 President $1,200 $1,313 2023
Southside Mutual Domestic NM$394,397 President $450 $467 2024
Ridge Utilities Inc VA$379,700 General Mana $43,600 $40,621 2024
Russell Utilities Inc MS$449,253 President $590 $618 2025
Calhoun County Water Association Inc AR$348,739 President $550 $597 2024
Broadwater-missouri MT$339,212 Secretary $12,227 $12,718 2024
International Foundation For IL$317,314 Managing Dir $133,900 $127,020 2024
Friendship Community Water System MS$507,446 President $1,200 $1,290 2024
Mapleton Irrigation Company UT$510,917 President $1,200 $1,185 2024
Anderson Township Regional Sewer District IN$292,105 Superintendent $49,402 $51,754 2023
Wrp Inc FL$275,842 General Manager Dwu $13,224 $11,678 2025
Fhlm Regional Water Supply TX$544,377 Secretary/treasurer $14,400 $14,310 2023
Big V Water Association MS$571,518 President $1,200 $1,290 2024
Little Potato Slough Mutual Water Comp CA$575,860 Treasurer $12,000 $9,999 2024
New Carroll Water Association Inc LA$597,725 Director $17,032 $18,097 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 2025 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Christine Boulter) 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 13, 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 $15,333 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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 13, 2026.