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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203864958
IN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Leahy, Executive Director / CEO ($52,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 533 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julia Leahy — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

533 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 533 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $391,134 $52,500
$30,45710th
$57,80625th
$83,417Median
$122,79475th
$174,89190th
$52,500This org · 23rd
p10$30,457
p25$57,806
p50$83,417
p75$122,794
p90$174,891
$52,500

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
Visit Freeport ME$438,536 Executive Director $61,658 $58,547 2023
The Association Of Art Museum Curators NY$438,591 Executive Director $14,956 $12,815 2023
Builders Association Of South Florida FL$438,863 Executive Officer $193,000 $166,996 2024
Alliance For Community Media MN$439,479 President & Ceo $162,760 $148,129 2024
Placer Nevada County Medical Society CA$435,982 Executive Director $98,250 $78,142 2024
Alameda Chamber Of Commerce CA$435,716 President & Ceo $147,804 $117,554 2024
Ravenna Economic Development Corp NE$435,705 Exectutive D $49,685 $49,221 2024
Children's Hospitals Alliance Of Tn TN$435,655 President $200,144 $193,772 2024
National Rural Lenders Association Inc MS$442,140 Executive Director $22,320 $22,897 2024
I S Pullers Nfp IL$433,665 President $5,000 $4,528 2024
Professional Land Surveyors Of Ohio OH$433,153 Exec Directo $85,500 $85,873 2023
Energy Council CO$443,784 Executive Dir. $90,254 $79,711 2024
Northeast Seafood Coalition Inc MA$432,538 Executive Director $108,584 $87,556 2025
Mendota Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$432,381 President And Ceo $41,669 $37,732 2024
European-american Chamber Of Commerce OH$444,419 Executive Director - Start 06/23 $64,545 $64,826 2023
National Association Of Fraternal MN$445,224 Executive Di $84,460 $76,868 2024
Georgia Association Of School Business Officials GA$430,889 Po Box 192, Fitzgerald, Ga 31750 $30,500 $29,081 2023
Air And Expedited Motor Carriers Association KY$430,500 Executive Director $125,322 $124,014 2024
Henderson County Economic Development Cor KY$446,098 Executive Director $86,018 $87,634 2023
Association Of Official Seed GA$430,379 Ceo $137,891 $127,702 2024
Corridor 9495 Regional Chamber Of Commerce MA$446,287 President $126,777 $108,030 2023
American Concrete Pavement PA$446,818 President $163,240 $149,938 2024
Angier Chamber Of Commerce NC$429,638 Executive Di $51,621 $50,579 2023
Sisters In Crime Inc MD$446,955 Executive Director $113,268 $100,416 2023
American Association Of Dental MO$429,238 Executive Director $49,056 $46,622 2025

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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Julia Leahy) 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 533 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,500 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.