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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Conifer Area Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841095083
CO · NTEE S30
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Scneider, Executive Director / CEO ($58,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 172 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

172 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 172 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$346 total compensation of comparable organizations → $261,206 $58,000
$16,97010th
$47,52325th
$81,469Median
$108,87575th
$143,72690th
$58,000This org · 32nd
p10$16,970
p25$47,523
p50$81,469
p75$108,875
p90$143,726
$58,000

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
Harrisburg Economic Development SD$317,410 Executive Director $61,215 $74,457 2023
Spokane Independent Metro WA$315,469 Executive Director $82,176 $78,758 2024
High Plains Community NM$315,306 Manager $43,325 $48,597 2025
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation AZ$318,652 Executive Director Until 3/21/24 $40,135 $41,319 2024
Warren County Local Economic IN$318,950 Former Execu $90,908 $105,655 2023
Challenge Detroit MI$314,019 Executive Director And C.o.o. $96,000 $106,072 2024
Sullivan County Land Bank NY$319,120 Chair $10,602 $10,558 2023
Village MO$313,544 Founder $90,000 $102,042 2024
World Trade Center Utah Foundation UT$319,722 Ceo $13,093 $14,768 2023
Richardson Center Corporation NY$311,633 President $164,168 $163,492 2023
Chris White Community Development Corporation DE$310,665 Director $2,604 $2,730 2024
The Blacksburg Partnership VA$308,696 President $110,738 $114,458 2024
The Design Platform LA$307,980 Secretary $186,153 $225,907 2023
Virginia Black Chamber Of Commerce Foundation VA$307,711 President $105,883 $112,673 2023
South Central Dakota Regional Council ND$307,001 Executive Director $102,661 $120,601 2024
Kanaka Economic Development Alliance HI$305,646 Executive Director $72,193 $71,234 2023
The Downtown Northampton Association Inc MA$305,416 Executive Director $51,000 $49,059 2024
South Charleston Convention & WV$304,135 Executive Di $53,560 $62,079 2024
The Foundation For Community Betterment VA$302,924 Executive Director $44,710 $47,577 2023
Market Project Inc DC$301,703 Executive Director $47,168 $44,309 2024
Preble County Development Partnership OH$332,329 Executive Director $123,147 $139,624 2024
Dickinson County Economic KS$300,644 Executive Di $98,410 $113,809 2024
Downtown Annapolis Partnership Inc MD$332,581 Executive Director $80,000 $82,428 2023
Taylorville Main Street Inc IL$299,108 Executive Director $9,000 $9,472 2024
Adams County Development Council WA$334,069 Executive Director $136,341 $134,530 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 2025 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Beth Scneider) 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 172 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.