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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spokane Independent Metro

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824824582
WA · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robin Haynes, Executive Director / CEO ($82,176) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 170 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

170 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 170 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$361 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,542 $82,176
$18,04110th
$49,79025th
$85,005Median
$113,20375th
$146,38590th
$82,176This org · 47th
p10$18,041
p25$49,790
p50$85,005
p75$113,203
p90$146,385
$82,176

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 WA 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
High Plains Community NM$315,306 Manager $43,325 $50,706 2025
Conifer Area Chamber Of Commerce CO$316,512 Executive Dir. $58,000 $60,517 2025
Challenge Detroit MI$314,019 Executive Director And C.o.o. $96,000 $110,675 2024
Village MO$313,544 Founder $90,000 $106,471 2024
Harrisburg Economic Development SD$317,410 Executive Director $61,215 $77,688 2023
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation AZ$318,652 Executive Director Until 3/21/24 $40,135 $43,112 2024
Warren County Local Economic IN$318,950 Former Execu $90,908 $110,241 2023
Sullivan County Land Bank NY$319,120 Chair $10,602 $11,016 2023
Richardson Center Corporation NY$311,633 President $164,168 $170,588 2023
World Trade Center Utah Foundation UT$319,722 Ceo $13,093 $15,410 2023
Chris White Community Development Corporation DE$310,665 Director $2,604 $2,848 2024
The Blacksburg Partnership VA$308,696 President $110,738 $119,425 2024
The Design Platform LA$307,980 Secretary $186,153 $235,711 2023
Virginia Black Chamber Of Commerce Foundation VA$307,711 President $105,883 $117,562 2023
South Central Dakota Regional Council ND$307,001 Executive Director $102,661 $125,835 2024
Kanaka Economic Development Alliance HI$305,646 Executive Director $72,193 $74,325 2023
The Downtown Northampton Association Inc MA$305,416 Executive Director $51,000 $51,189 2024
South Charleston Convention & WV$304,135 Executive Di $53,560 $64,773 2024
The Foundation For Community Betterment VA$302,924 Executive Director $44,710 $49,642 2023
Market Project Inc DC$301,703 Executive Director $47,168 $46,231 2024
Dickinson County Economic KS$300,644 Executive Di $98,410 $118,748 2024
Taylorville Main Street Inc IL$299,108 Executive Director $9,000 $9,883 2024
Preble County Development Partnership OH$332,329 Executive Director $123,147 $145,684 2024
Progress Lakeshore Inc WI$298,559 Executive Director $78,528 $91,602 2024
Downtown Annapolis Partnership Inc MD$332,581 Executive Director $80,000 $86,006 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Robin Haynes) 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 170 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $82,176 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.