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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823278437
SD · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Two Dogs, Executive Director / CEO ($1,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 257 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Richard Two Dogs — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

257 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 257 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$550 total compensation of comparable organizations → $343,375 $1,500
$13,06410th
$27,60525th
$47,323Median
$64,94375th
$76,96290th
$1,500This org · 1st
p10$13,064
p25$27,605
p50$47,323
p75$64,943
p90$76,962
$1,500

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 SD 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
Veterans In Transition Inc OH$277,585 President $21,240 $20,384 2024
Pikes Peak Elder Justice Center CO$275,074 Executive Director $74,870 $65,050 2024
Willow Womens Center PA$274,523 Executive Director $2,946 $2,662 2024
Love Inc Of Greater Cushing OK$279,938 Executive Dir. $33,296 $33,221 2024
Soulumination WA$273,712 Executive Director $92,084 $76,908 2023
Prosumers International TX$280,057 Executive Director $51,000 $46,225 2024
St Croix Mission Outreach Inc VI$281,266 Executive Director $65,000 $65,000 2024
Stirrups N Strides Therapeutic Riding FL$281,514 Officer, Executive Directo $29,867 $25,423 2024
The Next Stop Foundation Inc GA$281,534 President $39,900 $36,351 2024
Homeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc TX$281,631 President $17,000 $15,863 2023
Learning 4 Life Farm OH$272,001 Co-director $6,010 $5,939 2023
Harrisburg Cultural & Social Servic MS$282,173 Executive Di $21,000 $21,192 2024
At Home In Darieninc CT$271,208 Executive Di $96,827 $82,261 2024
City Of Refuge Pulaski Inc VA$282,653 President $18,000 $15,748 2024
Muslim Family Services Of Colorado CO$283,497 Executive Director $37,550 $33,588 2023
Community Counts AZ$269,205 Executive Director $34,380 $30,844 2023
Inspire Continuing Care IL$284,691 Executive Director $39,600 $36,318 2023
Association For Texas Advocates Inc TX$285,334 Executive Director $63,333 $57,404 2024
Beyond Survival WA$268,091 Executive Di $46,304 $36,595 2025
Ladies In Power CA$267,435 Ceo/director $13,333 $10,740 2023
Educate Ya Inc OR$267,011 Executive Dir. $61,944 $52,123 2024
The Camp Koinonia Foundation Inc TN$266,596 Past Executive Director $87,125 $82,981 2024
The Age Friendly Foundation Inc MA$287,753 Treasurer/clerk $675 $550 2024
Us Vet Corps Resources SC$287,767 President $30,375 $29,561 2023
Esther Single Mother Outreach FL$265,496 President $32,300 $27,494 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD 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 SD 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (Richard Two Dogs) 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 257 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,500 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.