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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vail Community Television Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841088782
CO · NTEE A32Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John-kenneth Perry, Executive Director / CEO ($103,705) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John-kenneth Perry — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,131 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,762 $103,705
$57,54110th
$72,30725th
$85,926Median
$100,35575th
$115,80890th
$103,705This org · 78th
p10$57,541
p25$72,307
p50$85,926
p75$100,355
p90$115,808
$103,705

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 CO 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
Orion Neighborhood Television Corporation MI$432,108 Executive Director $85,880 $92,444 2024
Andover Community Access & Media MA$429,757 Executive Di $138,854 $126,773 2025
Grand Valley Public Radio Company CO$429,153 Executive Di $37,523 $37,523 2024
Wpkn Incorporated CT$414,288 Technical Director $51,500 $50,358 2024
Los Gatos Public Media Inc CA$409,242 Executive Dir. $106,704 $96,090 2024
Sandwich Area Community Access MA$459,024 Executive Di $94,238 $90,924 2023
Berks Community Television PA$468,073 Executive Di $50,233 $50,896 2025
Nutmeg Public Access Television Inc CT$468,871 Executive Di $106,381 $104,022 2024
Pac 14 Inc MD$394,672 Executive Director $65,756 $62,459 2025
New Orleans Access Television Inc LA$389,938 Director Of Operations $60,918 $72,022 2023
Davis Media Access CA$483,763 Executive Director $82,742 $72,591 2025
Pacifica Community Television Inc CA$379,493 Executive Dir. $122,400 $110,225 2024
Old Rochester Community Television MA$377,761 Executive Di $89,007 $83,413 2024
Revere Community Media Center Inc MA$488,966 Executive Director $91,608 $88,387 2023
Itasca Community Television Inc MN$490,355 Executive Dir. $79,359 $84,194 2023
North Andover Community Access MA$491,273 Executive Di $99,709 $93,443 2024
Golden Valley Community CA$493,956 General Mana $69,123 $62,248 2024
Look Listen And Learn Tv WA$497,648 Executive Director $101,222 $94,511 2024
Westford Community Access MA$502,016 Executive Di $89,494 $83,870 2024
Foxboro Cable Access Inc MA$505,779 Executive Di $133,852 $125,440 2024
Fund For Innovative Tv IL$510,786 Executive Dir. $59,596 $61,102 2024
Speak Up Tampa Bay Public Access Television Inc FL$511,226 Executive Dir. $76,289 $74,741 2024
Onion River Community Access Media VT$514,949 Co Director $74,252 $77,942 2024
Belmont Community Media Center Inc MA$521,986 Executive Dir. $91,688 $85,926 2024
Whitman Hanson Community Access MA$522,062 Executive Di $86,764 $83,713 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (John-kenneth Perry) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $103,705 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.