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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gibson County Economic Development Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205369753
IN · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tami Hack, Executive Director / CEO ($107,796) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 195 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

195 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 195 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$197 total compensation of comparable organizations → $429,426 $107,796
$25,57410th
$55,64225th
$84,221Median
$114,53375th
$144,65990th
$107,796This org · 72nd
p10$25,574
p25$55,642
p50$84,221
p75$114,533
p90$144,659
$107,796

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
Identity Clark County WA$458,605 Policy And Projects Coordinator $2,143 $1,873 2023
Division Midway Alliance For OR$458,798 Executive Dir. $90,189 $79,421 2024
Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc NY$459,494 President $110,892 $95,021 2024
Economic Development Corporation Of New CT$453,860 Administrator $127,844 $113,667 2024
Downtown Management Corporation Of Fort FL$453,787 President $109,750 $97,768 2024
Prospera Georgia Llc GA$452,756 Ceo/president $44,863 $42,775 2024
Operation Reboot CA$452,245 Chief Executive Officer $169,982 $143,297 2023
Las Vegas Employment Project NV$451,865 President $16,195 $14,997 2025
Grow Licking County OH$451,225 Executive Director $120,000 $124,082 2023
Michigan Economic Developers MI$463,953 Executive Di $117,108 $118,007 2023
Xcelerate Women OR$450,105 Executive Dir. $94,938 $83,603 2024
Economic Development Corporation UT$465,280 Director $107,039 $106,953 2023
Franklin Southampton Economic VA$449,138 President $95,605 $87,535 2024
Civstart Corp DC$465,744 Ceo $96,900 $83,015 2023
Delaware County Local Development Corp NY$448,417 Executive Direc $11,295 $9,678 2024
Forge Greensboro NC$448,207 Executive Director $46,667 $47,075 2023
Industry University Research Center Inc PR$467,060 Executive Director $140,176 $140,176 2024
Pennsylvania Route 6 Alliance PA$445,943 Executive Director $59,048 $55,838 2024
Laurel District Association CA$468,876 Executive Dir. $52,083 $42,647 2024
Just Economics NC$441,994 Executive Director $73,343 $71,862 2024
Startup Columbus Inc GA$473,042 Executive Dir. $98,329 $93,753 2024
San Saba Economic Development Corp TX$441,381 Edc Secretary Treasurer $60,000 $56,914 2024
Economic Forum NM$441,102 Executive Di $130,000 $136,505 2023
Sustainable Communities Fund CA$474,274 Chief Executive Officer $269,537 $220,704 2024
Built Oregon OR$474,305 Director $15,000 $13,209 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Tami Hack) 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 195 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $107,796 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.