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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chile Pepper Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202369236
AR · NTEE N126
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Downs, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1180 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,180 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,180 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $302,018 $20,000
$2,44010th
$8,08025th
$22,937Median
$47,60175th
$66,85490th
$20,000This org · 47th
p10$2,440
p25$8,080
p50$22,937
p75$47,601
p90$66,854
$20,000

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 AR 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
Scott Robertson Memorial Junior Golf VA$256,195 Executive Director $70,168 $62,054 2023
National Strength And Conditioning CO$256,357 Executive Director $36,008 $29,925 2025
District Nine Idaho High School ID$256,076 Director/treasurer $1,500 $1,420 2024
Az Fire Basketball Club AZ$256,379 Officer $17,250 $14,759 2024
Michigan's Capital Area Basketball Club MI$255,959 President $16,000 $15,126 2023
Coastal Crush Recreational Lacrosse Inc VA$255,922 Ceo $44,220 $37,005 2025
Hingham Youth Soccer Inc MA$255,905 Registrar And League Manag $30,000 $23,983 2024
Santa Barbara Premier Water Polo CA$255,890 Director $13,000 $9,987 2024
Kick2build Organization CO$256,682 Ceo And Founder $43,000 $36,681 2024
Community Swim Club WA$255,736 President $3,725 $3,055 2023
Camp Bethany Inc OH$255,682 Camp Manager $29,000 $28,133 2023
Waha Inc WV$255,658 President $1,319 $1,238 2025
Lfc Western Maryland Inc MD$256,859 President $55,769 $47,755 2023
Bend Pickleball Club OR$255,527 President $7,500 $6,196 2024
Goals For Girls Inc DC$255,492 Executive Dir. $93,235 $72,787 2024
Hope For Heroes Horsemanship Center WA$257,039 Head Instructor $16,875 $13,441 2024
Mountain Bike Association Of Arizona AZ$257,047 Chairperson $19,800 $17,441 2023
Lone Star Collegiate Lacrosse Alliance TX$257,153 Commissioner $6,000 $5,340 2024
Team 90 Inc CA$257,249 President $61,300 $45,877 2025
Soccer Club Of Oak Ridge Inc TN$254,945 President $1,000 $911 2025
Alpena Gymnastics Inc MI$257,574 President $58,232 $52,094 2025
Great Bay Rowing Inc NH$254,822 Director $1,920 $1,577 2024
Girls Soccer Worldwide CA$257,769 President $65,000 $51,408 2023
Friends Of The Fonta Flora State Trail NC$254,648 Executive Dir. $24,035 $22,094 2024
Race Cats UT$258,074 President $44,600 $40,609 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
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 (Matthew Downs) 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 1180 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.