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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Conversation Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852247303
TX · NTEE J21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Lambert, Executive Director / CEO ($117,375) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 471 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: Scott Lambert — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

471 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 471 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $557,788 $117,375
$5,74710th
$22,44625th
$63,864Median
$90,65475th
$128,31890th
$117,375This org · 87th
p10$5,747
p25$22,446
p50$63,864
p75$90,654
p90$128,318
$117,375

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 TX 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
Torch 180 MI$405,826 President $63,250 $65,264 2024
Ironworkers 549 Joint Apprentice Training Fund WV$405,210 President $64,084 $69,365 2024
Fire Fighters Of Boca Raton Local 1560 FL$405,964 President $27,971 $26,268 2024
Conexion Inc MA$404,349 Executive Director $137,960 $123,934 2024
Alliance 98 IL$403,906 Chief Executive Office $60,000 $60,710 2023
Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program Inc MA$407,344 President And Executive Director $102,307 $91,906 2024
Wisconsin Building Trades Council WI$403,241 Excecutive Director $158,872 $170,768 2023
Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Guild WA$403,114 President $7,200 $6,635 2023
Attleboro Area School To Career MA$401,358 Executive Direc $25,568 $22,377 2025
Mission Accomplished Transition Services Inc NY$411,016 Chief Coach And Founder $70,000 $65,102 2023
King County Corrections Guild WA$412,407 President $34,109 $31,430 2023
Youth Employment Program Inc ID$398,435 Executive Director $28,000 $30,656 2023
United Methodist College VA$412,993 Dean And Exec Director $105,060 $98,795 2025
Riverview Production Inc OH$413,045 Treasurer $15,600 $17,006 2023
Genesis At Work Foundation OH$413,827 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $26,162 2023
Center For Jobs And The Economy CA$413,937 President $10,425 $8,999 2024
American Federation Of Government Employees Afl Cio Local 3369 NY$414,026 3rd Vice President $1,350 $1,256 2023
Amalgamated Union Local 1 Noitu NY$414,611 President $151,711 $141,095 2023
International Narcotics TN$396,252 Executive Di $28,975 $31,347 2023
Sound Employment Services WA$395,680 Executive Director $63,012 $58,063 2023
Lancaster Education Association PA$415,826 President $6,918 $6,897 2024
Springforward Ventures Inc MD$395,037 Executive Director $31,366 $28,559 2025
Teamsters Local 703 Labor-management IL$416,350 Trustee $86,324 $84,840 2024
New Ulm Fire Department Relief Assn MN$416,433 President $2,700 $2,667 2024
Natl Postal Mail Handlers Union OR$416,772 President $60,542 $57,865 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
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 (Scott Lambert) 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 471 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $117,375 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.