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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061734513
PA · NTEE S30
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tonnetta Graham, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 179 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

179 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 179 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$195 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,305 $75,000
$15,07810th
$41,00025th
$71,428Median
$97,96175th
$131,27490th
$75,000This org · 54th
p10$15,078
p25$41,000
p50$71,428
p75$97,961
p90$131,274
$75,000

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 PA 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
Advance Minnesota MN$343,750 Board Member $38,500 $35,594 2024
Dekalb County Economic Development IN$342,757 President/ce $93,947 $92,697 2024
Merchant Row Association Corporation DC$346,049 Former Executive Director $32,308 $26,527 2024
The Florida Council Of 100 FL$337,750 President $50,964 $44,795 2024
Monroe County Illinois Economic IL$350,348 Executive Dir. $69,879 $64,278 2024
Main Street Wooster Inc OH$337,375 Executive Director $85,321 $84,552 2024
Boulder Chamber Foundation CO$351,613 President & Ceo $18,609 $17,188 2023
Folsom Community Development Corporation CA$352,017 Ceo/president $115,040 $95,689 2023
Ohio Energy & Advanced Manufacturing OH$335,964 President $6,000 $5,946 2024
Ogunquit Chamber Of Commerce ME$335,876 Executive Di $90,500 $84,790 2024
Main Street Winter Haven Inc FL$352,397 President $70,063 $61,583 2024
Wyoming County Business Assistance NY$334,541 President/ceo $17,402 $15,148 2023
Idea Foundry PA$353,744 Director & Ceo $208,810 $200,586 2023
The Maryland Heights Convention & Visitors Bureau MO$334,098 Executive Director $115,915 $118,264 2023
Adams County Development Council WA$334,069 Executive Director $136,341 $117,584 2023
Amplify Equity Inc NY$354,839 Executive Director $84,483 $71,428 2024
Downtown Annapolis Partnership Inc MD$332,581 Executive Director $80,000 $72,046 2023
Preble County Development Partnership OH$332,329 Executive Director $123,147 $122,038 2024
Laredo Motor Carriers Association TX$359,339 President $70,000 $67,451 2023
Eastern Plains Economic Development MT$360,223 Executive Di $49,834 $50,261 2024
Rutland Makers Inc VT$362,903 Executive Di $79,423 $74,796 2024
Teamcalifornia Economic Development Corp CA$366,573 Ceo $119,477 $99,381 2023
Wakarusa Valley Development Inc KS$366,709 Executive Di $187,715 $189,745 2024
Mcdevco Inc WI$367,541 Executive Director $113,760 $111,162 2024
World Trade Center Utah Foundation UT$319,722 Ceo $13,093 $12,908 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2022 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 PA 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Tonnetta Graham) 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 179 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.