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Compensation Comparability Determination

Colorado Reined Cow Horse Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841356129
CO · NTEE D61
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Parry, Executive Director / CEO ($18,551) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 473 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

473 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 473 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$117 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,798 $18,551
$31,35810th
$51,54125th
$73,071Median
$99,59175th
$128,94390th
$18,551This org · 4th
p10$31,358
p25$51,541
p50$73,071
p75$99,591
p90$128,943
$18,551

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
Mercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs WA$1,054,053 Executive Director $64,000 $61,522 2023
Husky Halfway House Foundation OK$1,053,480 President $30,500 $36,060 2023
Hooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc VA$1,052,238 President $28,880 $29,940 2023
Allegany County Animal Shelter MD$1,050,873 Ex Officio $75,000 $75,285 2023
Stilly-snohomish Fisheries Enhancement WA$1,048,584 Executive Director $101,716 $94,972 2024
🔒 468 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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:

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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.