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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kendall County Economic Development Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043837476
TX · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Story, Executive Director / CEO ($142,560) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 193 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

193 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 193 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$208 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,933 $142,560
$18,58910th
$45,38325th
$80,134Median
$106,28375th
$144,96390th
$142,560This org · 89th
p10$18,589
p25$45,383
p50$80,134
p75$106,283
p90$144,963
$142,560

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
International Business As Mission Inc VA$385,960 President $4,500 $4,344 2024
Minnesota Center For Employee Ownership MN$386,210 Executive Director $69,046 $68,204 2024
Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation NE$386,587 Vp & General Counsel $54,118 $58,189 2024
West Michigan Hispanic Chamber Of MI$387,399 President & $26,175 $27,806 2023
Allendale County Alive SC$382,763 Executive Director $41,811 $42,481 2025
Carroll Technology Council Inc MD$389,169 Executive Di $103,428 $99,521 2023
Langlade County Economic WI$391,544 Executive Di $79,083 $85,005 2023
Lapeer Development Corporation MI$379,284 Executive Di $121,900 $125,782 2024
Summit Economic Partnership CO$393,014 Ceo $135,000 $129,408 2024
82nd Street District Management NY$378,507 Executive Dir. $90,568 $84,231 2023
Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc TX$378,130 Executive Director $75,846 $75,846 2024
Heart Of Brevard NC$375,666 Executive Director $88,649 $91,569 2024
Fort Belknap Community Economic Develop MT$396,766 Chairman $300 $323 2024
Delafield Promotional & WI$374,607 Executive Director $11,118 $11,608 2024
Trend Community Development Corporation IL$399,854 Coo $107,965 $109,243 2023
Forest City Food Collective OH$400,126 Executive Director $70,200 $72,413 2025
Waukesha County Center For Growth Inc WI$400,269 Executive Director $174,758 $182,454 2024
Davie County Economic Development Commission Inc NC$371,126 President $136,561 $145,227 2023
Enterprise Futures CA$371,118 Executive Director And President $157,597 $136,043 2024
Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute AK$400,877 Executive Director $100,059 $95,632 2024
Economic Development Council TX$401,483 Executive Di $243,933 $243,933 2024
2523 Market Corp OH$370,154 Former Exec $1,260 $1,334 2024
The Villages Community Development Corp MI$401,574 Executive Director $73,034 $75,360 2024
Historic Hillsboro Downtown Partnership OR$402,408 Executive Director $44,219 $39,993 2025
Princeton Business Partnership NJ$402,438 Executive Director $116,642 $104,110 2024

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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 Story) 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 193 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $142,560 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.