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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Discover Downtown Franklin Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201392553
IN · NTEE S20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Giles, Executive Director / CEO ($37,798) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 220 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

220 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 220 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,312 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,761 $37,798
$13,80810th
$30,14925th
$51,642Median
$70,74375th
$87,64090th
$37,798This org · 34th
p10$13,808
p25$30,149
p50$51,642
p75$70,743
p90$87,640
$37,798

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 IN 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
Jackson Metro Sponsoring Committee-worki MS$208,127 Lead Organizer $110,175 $116,359 2023
Springboard Incubators Inc NY$208,632 President/ceo $10,640 $8,856 2024
Providence Resilience Partnership Inc RI$206,200 Executive Director $130,000 $114,814 2024
Rose Garden Community Development Corporation GA$210,003 Ceo $20,000 $19,069 2023
Peak Literacy Inc FL$205,439 Executive Director $67,319 $58,249 2024
The Camden Collective MN$205,418 Executive Director $60,238 $54,823 2024
A Greater Good IN$204,813 President $35,366 $35,366 2023
Savannah Waterfront Association GA$204,437 Executive Di $116,600 $111,174 2023
Uphams Corner Main Street Incorporated MA$211,661 Executive Director $102,217 $84,602 2024
Friends Of Panthertown Inc NC$204,230 Executive Di $53,869 $52,781 2023
The Macatawa Resource Center MI$203,954 Executive Dir. $33,277 $31,636 2024
Delta Foundation Inc MS$203,948 Chariman & President $37,954 $40,084 2023
Project Mend-a-house Incorporation VA$212,095 Executive Director $65,000 $57,806 2024
Willowbrook Inclusion Network CA$212,180 President/chairperson $85,000 $69,600 2023
Westside Legends Inc MA$212,798 President $5,150 $4,262 2024
Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League Inc NJ$202,484 Executive Director $84,618 $69,586 2024
Midwest Education And Community Outreach WI$214,069 President $44,000 $42,325 2024
Haverhill Heritage Inc NH$214,079 Pres $31,000 $27,143 2023
Hammonton Revitalization Corporation NJ$201,722 Director $46,687 $39,527 2023
Downtown Gadsden Inc AL$201,684 Executive Director $82,885 $84,911 2023
Leadership Pasadena Inc CA$214,359 Board Member $39,700 $30,761 2025
Southeast Fairfax Development Corp VA$201,486 Executive Dir. $116,143 $103,289 2024
Allen Ame Neighborhood Preservation & Developme NY$214,996 Executive Director $72,337 $61,984 2023
Corporate Volunteer Council Of Atlanta GA$215,015 Executive Director $96,210 $89,101 2024
Loiter OH$200,696 Cofounder $26,884 $28,108 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN cost of living and 2023 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 IN 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Jessica Giles) 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 220 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,798 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.