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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northshore Business Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203947144
LA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Noble-bates Young, Executive Director / CEO ($34,335) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 484 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Noble-bates Young — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (1/1 - 7/31)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

484 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 484 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $385,654 $34,335
$14,42810th
$38,60025th
$62,293Median
$89,42375th
$122,67690th
$34,335This org · 21st
p10$14,428
p25$38,600
p50$62,293
p75$89,423
p90$122,676
$34,335

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 LA 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
National Association Of Wine Retailers CA$247,521 Executive Director $79,175 $62,088 2024
Altoona Area Chamber Of Commerce IA$247,484 Executive Vp $68,315 $69,937 2023
Medical Staff Of Doctors Medical Center CA$247,482 Chief Of Staff $48,000 $38,753 2023
Barnesville Chamber Of Commerce OH$248,591 Director $35,318 $33,971 2024
Retail Grocers Association Of KS$248,888 President/ceo $35,751 $35,076 2024
The St Mary Chamber Of Commerce LA$246,552 President $45,868 $45,868 2024
Northern Cincinnati Chamber Of Commerce OH$249,242 Former Chamber President $72,500 $71,795 2023
Arlington Chamber Of Commerce TN$249,497 Executive Director $68,835 $64,016 2025
Midwestern Ohio Association Of Real OH$249,693 Executive Di $60,124 $57,832 2024
State Business Executives VA$250,000 President & Ceo $121,500 $106,539 2024
Spanish Fork Area Chamber Of Commer UT$250,046 President - Ceo $52,816 $49,091 2024
Artist Management Association Inc NY$245,325 Secretary $112,196 $92,072 2024
Minnesota County Engineers Assoc MN$250,176 President $1,200 $1,077 2024
Alamo Angels TX$250,232 Executive Director $16,360 $15,301 2023
City Of Linden District Management Corp NJ$250,340 Office Manager $42,000 $33,177 2025
Littleton Business Chamber Inc CO$250,452 Executive Director $84,211 $71,441 2025
Rexburg Chamber Of Commerce ID$250,476 Ceo $40,000 $38,643 2024
New Holland Pa State Association Of PA$244,951 President $300 $272 2024
Medical Staff Of Southwest Healthcare CA$244,802 Chief Of Staff $39,000 $31,487 2023
Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati Usa Inc OH$244,726 President $48,000 $47,534 2023
Washington Brewers Guild WA$250,879 Executive Director $87,265 $73,049 2023
Heights In Progress Inc NJ$250,926 President $32,100 $26,028 2024
Aberdeen Downtown Association SD$244,220 Executive Director $81,500 $81,685 2024
Cuyahoga County Mayors And City Managers Association OH$251,263 Executive Director $73,132 $70,344 2024
Birch Run Area Convention And MI$244,111 President $36,000 $33,745 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
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 (Noble-bates Young) 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 484 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,335 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.