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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Delaware Food Industry Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043614996
DE · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Miro Wenger, Executive Director / CEO ($158,583) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 306 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

306 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 306 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,471 $158,583
$11,27010th
$33,10225th
$58,185Median
$80,31175th
$109,39990th
$158,583This org · 97th
p10$11,270
p25$33,102
p50$58,185
p75$80,311
p90$109,399
$158,583

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 DE 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
Small Business Council Of America Inc GA$173,977 Secretary $9,000 $9,515 2023
Prescott Downtown Partnership Inc AZ$174,908 Executive Dir. $45,175 $44,371 2024
Alexandria Bay Chamber Of Commerce Inc NY$175,230 Executive Director $57,100 $52,695 2024
West Plains Chamber Of Commerce WA$171,397 Executive Director $71,610 $65,478 2024
Nodaway County Economic Development Corp MO$176,631 Executive Director $100,011 $111,377 2023
Dane Buy Local Inc WI$177,451 Executive Di $15,231 $16,725 2023
Rogersville-hawkins Co Chamber Of Commerce Inc TN$177,576 Exec Dirctor $76,223 $81,826 2024
Window Coverings Association Of Ame NC$177,588 Ed $86,120 $93,564 2023
International Federation Of Dental Hygienists MD$177,618 President $13,900 $13,664 2023
Mosinee Area Chamber Of Commerce Inc WI$169,850 Executive Director $61,787 $67,848 2023
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild Inc GA$177,836 Executive Di $78,600 $80,713 2024
Bell Buckle Chamber Of Commerce TN$178,004 President $6,000 $6,275 2025
National Black Professional Lobbyist Association AL$178,875 Executive Director $32,500 $36,918 2023
Utah Petroleum Marketers UT$178,928 State Execut $69,000 $72,123 2024
Delafield Chamber Of Commerce WI$168,405 Executive Director $68,261 $72,807 2024
Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce TX$168,188 President $50,601 $51,694 2024
Joliet Latino Economic Development Assoc IL$167,992 Program Manager $55,504 $57,374 2023
Greene County Economic Development Corp IN$179,871 Executive Director $71,087 $76,561 2024
Committee For The Advancement Of NJ$167,579 President $9,542 $8,958 2023
Texas Organization Of Residential Care Homes TX$167,246 Secretary $61,962 $63,301 2024
St Bernard Chamber Of Commerce LA$181,286 Ceo $60,833 $68,411 2024
Louisa County Chamber Of Commerce VA$165,743 Executive Director $53,003 $53,810 2023
Mountain Laurel Chamber Of Commerce PA$182,329 Executive Director $34,798 $35,440 2024
Texas Business Roundtable TX$182,354 Exec Director $66,000 $69,417 2023
The Hundred Year Association Of Ny Inc CT$182,749 President $35,250 $33,754 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Julie Miro Wenger) 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 306 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $158,583 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.