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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Economic Forum

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850322187
NM · NTEE S30Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathie Winograd, Executive Director / CEO ($130,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 197 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kathie Winograd — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

197 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 197 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$188 total compensation of comparable organizations → $408,963 $130,000
$23,22710th
$51,11825th
$79,737Median
$107,29175th
$137,11490th
$130,000This org · 87th
p10$23,227
p25$51,118
p50$79,737
p75$107,291
p90$137,114
$130,000

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 NM 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
San Saba Economic Development Corp TX$441,381 Edc Secretary Treasurer $60,000 $54,202 2024
Just Economics NC$441,994 Executive Director $73,343 $68,438 2024
Randolph County Community & Economic IN$439,187 Executive Director $44,499 $42,378 2024
Pennsylvania Route 6 Alliance PA$445,943 Executive Director $59,048 $53,177 2024
Forge Greensboro NC$448,207 Executive Director $46,667 $44,832 2023
Delaware County Local Development Corp NY$448,417 Executive Direc $11,295 $9,217 2024
Stevenson Downtown Association WA$433,708 Executive Director $68,210 $55,150 2024
Franklin Southampton Economic VA$449,138 President $95,605 $83,364 2024
Xcelerate Women OR$450,105 Executive Dir. $94,938 $79,619 2024
Grow Licking County OH$451,225 Executive Director $120,000 $118,170 2023
Ravalli County Economic Development MT$430,835 Executive Dir. $58,135 $56,592 2024
Las Vegas Employment Project NV$451,865 President $16,195 $14,282 2025
Operation Reboot CA$452,245 Chief Executive Officer $169,982 $136,469 2023
Prospera Georgia Llc GA$452,756 Ceo/president $44,863 $40,737 2024
Downtown Management Corporation Of Fort FL$453,787 President $109,750 $93,109 2024
Economic Development Corporation Of New CT$453,860 Administrator $127,844 $108,250 2024
Main Street Pascagoula MS$426,927 Executive Di $60,875 $61,229 2024
Oyster Bay Main Street Association NY$425,779 Executive Director Terminated Jan 2025 $79,000 $62,806 2025
Gibson County Economic Development Corporation IN$457,365 Executive Director $107,796 $102,659 2024
Identity Clark County WA$458,605 Policy And Projects Coordinator $2,143 $1,784 2023
Division Midway Alliance For OR$458,798 Executive Dir. $90,189 $75,636 2024
Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc NY$459,494 President $110,892 $90,493 2024
Bside Fund CO$421,663 Chief Executive Officer $2,371 $2,053 2024
Michigan Economic Developers MI$463,953 Executive Di $117,108 $112,384 2023
Economic Development Corporation UT$465,280 Director $107,039 $101,856 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM cost of living and 2023 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 NM 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Kathie Winograd) 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 197 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $130,000 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.