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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

2c Mississippi Towards Sustainable

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821087260
MS · NTEE C01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dominika Parry, Executive Director / CEO ($61,091) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dominika Parry — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$139 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,050 $61,091
$4,56410th
$13,37225th
$28,588Median
$48,25775th
$69,19490th
$61,091This org · 83rd
p10$4,564
p25$13,372
p50$28,588
p75$48,257
p90$69,194
$61,091

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 MS 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
Around The World In Eighty Fabrics CA$73,510 Director $5,652 $4,256 2024
Our Zero Waste Future Incorporated MD$74,295 Executive Dir $11,440 $9,328 2024
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy CA$74,463 Executive Director/vice President $48,000 $37,215 2023
Little Miami Watershed Network OH$70,815 Executive Di $25,000 $23,775 2023
Dahlia Hill Society Of Midland MI$76,529 Executive Di $43,141 $38,834 2024
Meeker Memorial Hospital Foundation MN$70,214 Foundation Director $12,154 $10,473 2024
Go Alliance OR$70,080 Director, President, Executive Director $76,680 $62,102 2024
Ecocity Builders CA$76,917 Executive Director $78,460 $59,086 2024
Center For Ecological Living & Learning MD$69,268 President $94,952 $77,418 2024
Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Inc PA$77,599 Chairperson $22,500 $19,568 2024
Looptfoundation OR$78,031 Executive Di $33,000 $27,516 2023
National Historic Trails Center WY$68,225 Executive Director $40,000 $37,354 2024
Curry Community Cares Inc OR$78,732 Store Manager $22,600 $18,844 2023
Community Counts Colorado Inc CO$67,973 Executive Di $23,100 $19,888 2023
Pines And Prairies Land Trust TX$67,739 Executive Director $76,210 $68,448 2023
Lake Erie Waterkeeper Inc OH$67,619 Executive Director $6,000 $5,542 2024
Clean And Sustainable Energy Fund MI$79,740 Secretary $2,330 $2,097 2024
Foothill Conservancy CA$66,411 Executive Director $26,926 $20,277 2024
Solar Austin TX$66,281 Executive Director $26,833 $23,408 2024
Little Falls Watershed Alliance Inc MD$80,704 Executive Director $39,343 $33,025 2023
Oakfield Conservation Club WI$65,968 President $500 $469 2023
Conservation Collective NC$82,427 Executive Director $24,125 $21,740 2024
Trails Of Mississippi Inc MS$82,843 Executive Director $63,175 $63,175 2023
First People's Conservation Council LA$61,737 President $3,000 $2,881 2024
Snwa Water Efficiency Improvement NV$86,082 President $114,829 $97,794 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Dominika Parry) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,091 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.