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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arizona Farm And Ranch Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832325743
AZ · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patrick Bray, Executive Director / CEO ($45,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 562 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

562 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 562 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $441,558 $45,750
$18,58010th
$50,88125th
$77,896Median
$111,39375th
$154,26790th
$45,750This org · 22nd
p10$18,580
p25$50,881
p50$77,896
p75$111,393
p90$154,267
$45,750

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 AZ 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
Aia Charlotte A Section Of The Nc NC$320,443 Executive Director $113,131 $125,137 2023
Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance NY$320,173 Executive Director $105,000 $101,571 2023
Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association TN$319,635 Executive Director $12,000 $13,116 2024
Independence Business Alliance PA$321,169 Chief Executive Officer $99,492 $106,213 2023
North Carolina Dermatology Association NC$321,213 Executive Director $17,375 $18,668 2024
Taan Worldwide Inc VA$319,194 President $140,583 $145,310 2023
Entomological Society Of America MD$321,510 Executive Director $55,376 $55,422 2023
Texas Association Of Community Schools TX$319,020 Executive Director $157,650 $159,748 2025
West Virginia Housing Institute Inc WV$321,686 Executive Director $92,319 $107,006 2023
Fire Sprinkler Contractors Assoc Of Tex TX$321,705 Executive Director $42,004 $44,980 2023
Burnsville Convention And Visitors MN$318,925 Executive Di $93,500 $96,066 2024
Finishing Contractors Association Of CA$321,943 President $2,000 $1,749 2025
Kingdom Chamber Of Commerce Inc NJ$318,476 President $26,592 $24,687 2024
Orange County Iranian American CA$322,713 Ceo $86,363 $79,833 2023
Nevada Subcontractors Association NV$322,736 President/ceo $138,900 $144,771 2024
Citizens Trade Campaign DC$317,891 Executive Director $91,270 $85,740 2023
Wayne Area Economic Development Inc NE$317,784 Executive Di $65,967 $75,954 2023
Bullitt County Chamber Of Commerce KY$317,661 Ceo $80,030 $92,045 2023
American Car Rental Association MD$317,535 Executive Director $112,500 $112,593 2023
Gathering Of Hlth Care Simulation Tech Specialists NV$317,356 Executive Director $65,131 $67,884 2024
Partnership For Haddonfield Inc NJ$323,375 Executive Director $68,289 $63,398 2024
Greater Prince George's Business Roundtable Inc MD$316,953 Pres, Ceo $75,010 $72,918 2024
Ozark Dale Co Economic Development AL$323,809 Director $91,049 $102,278 2024
The Chamber Of Commerce Of The Two WV$316,708 President & Ceo $98,532 $110,931 2024
Pan American International Movers Assoc Inc FL$324,061 Exec Director $77,760 $75,957 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Patrick Bray) 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 562 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,750 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.