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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southern Palmetto Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920316773
SC · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Snead, Executive Director / CEO ($79,281) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 320 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert Snead — reported title “President and CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

320 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 320 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,087 $79,281
$17,26810th
$40,36825th
$63,888Median
$82,78475th
$112,08190th
$79,281This org · 72nd
p10$17,268
p25$40,368
p50$63,888
p75$82,784
p90$112,081
$79,281

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 SC 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
Seedleaf Inc KY$392,362 Executive Director $65,000 $66,939 2024
Centro Nueva Creacion PA$391,102 Director $45,040 $44,325 2023
Carpenters For Hope Charitable MA$390,948 President $131,734 $116,823 2023
San Antonio Fighting Back Inc TX$389,892 President/di $17,344 $17,121 2023
Renewall Inc WV$396,012 Executive Dir. $42,700 $45,625 2023
Friends Of Finland And Community MN$396,245 Executive Director $38,628 $36,587 2024
The Tatanka Funds Incorporated SD$396,706 Executive Director (Thru July 24) $69,954 $74,004 2024
West Brighton Community NY$388,047 Executive Di $80,000 $69,294 2024
Vancouvers Downtown Association WA$387,829 Executive Director $90,000 $79,519 2023
Bison Boosters Club Of Milnor Nd ND$387,613 President $540 $585 2023
Vp Community Impact Foundation MO$387,402 Director $139,313 $145,615 2023
Flatland Productions Inc TX$386,794 Vp/secretary $112,800 $111,353 2023
Westown Community Development Corp OH$398,892 Executive Di $84,078 $85,360 2024
Watershed Human And Community Development Agency Inc AR$399,384 Treasurer $30,034 $33,316 2023
Renew Moline Inc IL$385,922 Executive Director $132,242 $124,620 2024
Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortland Development Co NY$384,653 Executive Director $37,668 $33,591 2023
Stuart Main Street Assoc Inc FL$401,086 Executive Director $66,090 $59,513 2024
Main Street Oregon City OR$384,442 Executive Director $68,557 $61,027 2024
Communitycare Of Lyme NH$384,156 Executive Director (Former) $19,200 $16,556 2025
Whitestone Community Association AK$402,005 Secretary $13,824 $12,669 2024
Mobu Enterprises Foundation Corp GA$383,520 Operations Manager $2,000 $1,984 2023
The Michigan Environmental Council MI$383,497 Former Presi $63,775 $63,098 2024
The Montgomery Institute MS$402,323 President $52,000 $55,514 2024
Holy Ghost Association Inc MA$402,345 Asst Treasurer $18,221 $16,158 2023
Ripley County Caring Community MO$403,145 Executive Di $50,715 $51,488 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Robert Snead) 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 320 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $79,281 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.