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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nevada Rural Electric Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880237046
NV · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carolyn Turner, Executive Director / CEO ($164,976) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 540 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

540 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 540 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $423,651 $164,976
$32,86010th
$62,44925th
$92,495Median
$135,16475th
$190,29090th
$164,976This org · 85th
p10$32,860
p25$62,449
p50$92,495
p75$135,164
p90$190,290
$164,976

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 NV 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
Grand County Board Of Realtors CO$459,320 Executive Dir. $92,340 $88,333 2024
Whatcom Business Alliance WA$459,458 Executive Director $124,327 $111,047 2024
American Concrete Pavement NY$458,268 Executive Di $95,582 $86,166 2024
Sister Bay Advancement Association WI$457,953 Comm Coordin $53,131 $55,357 2024
Dayton Agricultural & Mech Assoc PA$460,350 President $1,680 $1,671 2024
Oregon Society Of Medical Oncology WA$457,317 Exec V. Pres $162,700 $145,321 2024
League City Chamber Of Commerce TX$461,383 President/ce $43,077 $44,258 2023
Illinois Solar Energy Association IL$462,254 Executive Director $119,000 $116,714 2024
Greater Ocean City Golf Association MD$462,314 Managing Director $90,000 $83,942 2024
Texas Grazing Land Coalition Inc TX$455,646 Executive Director $76,500 $76,343 2024
Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber Of GA$462,685 President & Ceo $124,200 $124,585 2024
Kelso Longview Chamber Of Commerce WA$462,716 Ceo $79,740 $73,326 2023
Cfa Society Of Minnesota MN$462,913 Executive Director $106,721 $108,310 2023
Trebic Inc NC$463,665 Director/president $91,705 $94,531 2024
Edc Team Jefferson WA$453,507 Executive Director $97,177 $89,361 2023
Ceo Roundtables Of Minnesota Inc MN$464,858 Ceo & President $150,000 $152,234 2023
Louisiana Casino Association Inc LA$452,921 Executive Director $291,157 $319,844 2024
The Real Estate Valuation Advocacy DC$465,210 Secretary $223,850 $195,970 2024
New Mexico Angels Inc NM$465,415 Chairman $12,844 $13,782 2024
California Wind Energy Association CA$452,468 Exec Dir/sec $124,235 $107,023 2024
Gage Area Growth Enterprise NE$465,745 Executive Di $92,211 $98,943 2024
International Geosynthetics Society TX$452,273 Executive Director $55,571 $55,457 2024
Broussard Chamber Of Commerce LA$466,085 Ceo $76,800 $84,367 2024
Transportation Marketing & Sales Associa OH$451,754 Executive Dir. $100,008 $105,673 2024
Liberty County Chamber Of Commerce Inc GA$451,725 Executive Director $114,328 $114,683 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Carolyn Turner) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 540 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $164,976 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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 13, 2026.