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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rural Alternative For Transportation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852189539
CO · NTEE P52
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steve Conaway, Executive Director / CEO ($44,668) against the 2000 closest of 3,034 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Steve Conaway — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,034 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $387,659 $44,668
$11,95510th
$27,05425th
$46,289Median
$65,77475th
$85,64790th
$44,668This org · 48th
p10$11,955
p25$27,054
p50$46,289
p75$65,774
p90$85,647
$44,668

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
Capstone Ministries Inc IN$247,501 Parish $28,634 $30,587 2024
The Christmas Cheer All Year Program CA$247,503 Vice President $54,000 $47,234 2024
Ach Landowner Iii TX$247,485 Ceo $26,417 $26,768 2024
Loveland Boxing Gym CO$247,524 President $67,067 $67,067 2023
Care-a-vansaint Inc CO$247,569 Executive Di $48,734 $47,336 2024
Williamsburg Area Faith In Action I VA$247,693 Executive Director $69,615 $68,088 2024
Christian Resource Center Inc IN$247,281 Executive Director $49,658 $53,046 2024
Dayspring Academy Ne Foundation NE$247,255 Director $17,191 $19,283 2023
Seeds Of Hope Oh OH$247,245 Executive Di $44,400 $47,636 2024
The Forsaken Children Inc TN$247,227 Communication Manager $29,649 $32,502 2023
Elite Women Of Excellence GA$247,207 Executive Director/ceo $49,979 $52,408 2023
Community For Woodstock VT$247,832 Director $9,442 $9,911 2023
Gift Of Hope Inc MO$247,837 Executive Di $83,121 $86,880 2025
Family House Inc IN$247,890 Executive Director $23,296 $25,621 2023
Good Neighbors Inc KY$247,075 Exec Director $32,583 $35,460 2024
Early Matters Inc TX$247,048 Directorpresident $80,000 $81,063 2024
The Open Door Christian Center SC$247,984 Executive Di $16,231 $17,152 2024
Harlem Pride Incorporated NY$246,990 President & Ceo $18,792 $17,709 2023
Amarillo Area Mental Health TX$246,960 Executive Di $50,230 $50,897 2024
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $46,614 2023
Enlighten Communications Inc CO$248,085 President $64,800 $62,941 2024
Narrow Door CA$248,104 President, Director $65,658 $57,431 2024
Roads To Freedom PA$248,112 Ceo $32,726 $34,035 2023
Waterfront Village Inc DC$248,116 Executive Director $77,500 $68,891 2024
Blue Ridge Pride Center Inc NC$246,866 Executive Director $50,534 $54,454 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 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 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Steve Conaway) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,668 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.