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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sherman County Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861587829
KS · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Sederstrom, Executive Director / CEO ($3,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1070 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy Sederstrom — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,070 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,070 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $302,724 $3,600
$13,53610th
$28,75325th
$50,794Median
$73,16275th
$93,70490th
$3,600This org · 3rd
p10$13,536
p25$28,753
p50$50,794
p75$73,162
p90$93,704
$3,600

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 KS 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
Pybus Market Charitable Foundation WA$355,327 Gm/executive Director $25,002 $20,720 2024
Power Of Peace Initiative Inc GA$355,436 Ceo $179,948 $167,480 2024
Bayou Land Families Helping Families LA$355,110 Executive Director $10,824 $11,032 2024
Greater Warren Youngstown Urban League OH$356,033 President $84,462 $85,252 2023
Life Line Ministries No 2 MI$356,049 President $54,096 $51,684 2024
Breakthrough Ministries Inc MN$356,206 President & Ceo $72,000 $67,799 2023
Tophand Foundation Inc VA$356,307 Director $32,633 $30,027 2023
Olympia Family Theater WA$356,395 Executive Director $47,500 $39,365 2024
Beaver Institute Inc MA$354,286 Executive Dir. $92,968 $77,330 2024
Huntsville Assistance Program AL$354,281 Executive Di $67,500 $69,494 2023
Navidad En El Barrio TX$354,178 Executive Director $24,000 $22,879 2023
Destiny Village Inc FL$356,571 President $5,034 $4,507 2023
Evolving Lives Inc FL$354,071 Associate Director $55,300 $49,507 2023
Family Promise Of Metro East OR$353,995 Executive Di $85,168 $73,210 2024
Jeep Sullivan's Outdoor Adventures Inc FL$353,681 Sullivan $78,180 $67,983 2024
Mega Social Enterprise FL$353,598 Ceo $186,346 $162,040 2024
Kind At Heart Ministries Inc AR$353,562 President $42,000 $44,991 2023
Page Regional Domestic Violence Service AZ$357,347 President $176,460 $157,086 2024
Innovative Soulutions MN$357,353 Executive Director $36,400 $33,293 2024
Weascend Corporation GA$353,251 Ceo/president $90,000 $86,238 2023
Associates Of St John Bosco Inc VA$352,962 Executive Director $85,000 $74,010 2025
Angkor Resource Center Inc GA$352,560 President/ce $99,000 $92,141 2024
Rise Foundation Inc CO$358,363 Executive Director $73,875 $65,570 2024
Nami Idaho ID$352,197 Executive Director $97,090 $95,603 2024
Cumberland Mountain Outreach KY$358,713 Ceo $12,100 $12,388 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Amy Sederstrom) 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 1070 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,600 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.