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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montana Avenue Merchant Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204367137
CA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-11-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kara Taub, Executive Director / CEO ($1,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kara Taub — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,297 $1,750
$9,67910th
$20,68625th
$43,512Median
$68,87675th
$82,17090th
$1,750This org · 2nd
p10$9,679
p25$20,686
p50$43,512
p75$68,876
p90$82,170
$1,750

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 CA 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
Commercial Space Progress NM$83,608 Ceo And Director $42,914 $53,453 2024
Tx Assoc Of Mexican American Chambers Of Commerce TX$82,485 President/ceo $35,600 $41,240 2024
Monitor Inc DC$81,986 Director, Co-chairman $154,006 $161,131 2023
Dealercpa Network Inc NY$85,900 Executive Director $28,800 $31,029 2023
National Independent Talent Organization CA$81,184 Executive Dir. $49,998 $49,998 2024
Federation Of Mental Health Services Inc NY$81,000 Presdent $19,200 $20,686 2023
Ohio High School Bowling Coaches OH$80,612 Executive Di $29,400 $35,132 2025
Lower Santa Cruz River Allianceinc AZ$80,000 President Ce $52,500 $60,199 2023
Northwestern Showmen's Club OR$79,706 Secretary $9,000 $9,679 2024
Montgomery Area Chamber Of Commerce TX$79,463 Executive Dir. $57,750 $68,876 2023
Namc-dallas Fortworth Chapter Inc TX$88,494 President $14,000 $16,698 2023
La Paz Economic Development Corp AZ$78,013 President $75,000 $81,378 2025
The Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Of Grand Prairie TX$77,773 President $7,000 $8,109 2024
Grow Spink Inc SD$89,853 Executive Director $48,000 $63,161 2023
Bizworks Enterprise Center VA$90,466 Executive Director $65,048 $70,860 2025
Southwest Veterans Chamber Of Commerce AZ$76,695 Executive Dir. $26,791 $29,838 2024
Mat-su Cabaret Hotel Restaurant AK$92,053 Executive Dir. $39,300 $43,512 2024
Washington Contract Firefighters Association WA$92,115 President / Instructor $9,870 $10,536 2023
Escambia County Medical Society FL$92,289 Executive Director $66,000 $71,803 2024
Memphis & Shelby Co Vet Med Assn Inc TN$74,916 Executive Director $24,000 $29,215 2024
Indiana Pawnbrokers Assocation Inc IN$74,862 Executive Director $21,000 $26,404 2023
Parking Industry Institute DC$73,664 Secretary/treasurer/exec Dir $41,845 $41,428 2025
Davis Chamber Of Commerce OK$94,341 Director $37,040 $47,233 2024
Certification Institute AR$73,200 President $12,828 $16,699 2024
Aerox NC$73,124 President & Director $195,867 $241,297 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Kara Taub) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,750 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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 13, 2026.