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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bowling Green Area Chamber Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205509339
KY · NTEE O53
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ron Bunch, Executive Director / CEO ($4,270) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 738 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ron Bunch — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

738 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 738 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,845 $4,270
$10,33010th
$24,96325th
$46,569Median
$64,01975th
$82,82290th
$4,270This org · 4th
p10$10,330
p25$24,963
p50$46,569
p75$64,019
p90$82,822
$4,270

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 KY 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
Giving Us Leadership An Focus TX$233,338 President $4,860 $4,525 2024
Lindenhurst Youth Services Board Inc NY$233,314 Director $42,760 $35,964 2024
Dj Henry Dream Fund Inc MA$233,392 Vice Chair $78,972 $68,005 2023
Pensacola's Promise Inc FL$233,241 Executive Di $75,000 $65,580 2024
The Deerwood Foundation Inc MD$233,093 Executive Di $16,500 $14,358 2024
Diamond In The Rough Youth Development Program Inc GA$233,615 President $43,204 $39,391 2025
Jewish Big Brother & Big Sister MA$232,826 Ex-officio $14,028 $12,079 2023
The Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Incorporated KS$233,894 Executive Director $25,690 $25,833 2024
Center For Restorative Practice CA$232,767 Executive Director $98,098 $81,174 2023
The Partner Alliance For Safer Schools IA$232,727 Chair $27,000 $27,517 2024
Counterpunch Academy MI$232,659 Executive Di $52,980 $50,899 2024
Fulton County Youth Center Inc IN$234,351 Executive Dir. $24,760 $25,021 2023
Horseman's Mission Inc OH$232,248 Administrator $4,000 $3,943 2024
San Antonio Future Basketball Inc TX$234,444 President $6,000 $5,586 2024
Girls Build Kalamazoo Inc MI$234,480 Executive Director $20,000 $19,214 2024
The Harold Hunter Foundation NY$232,106 Executive Director $51,711 $43,493 2024
Chinese Youth Camp TX$234,593 Camp Director, Finance Director, Facilities $1,750 $1,629 2024
Scholastic Talent Showcase Inc NY$231,934 President $6,000 $5,046 2024
Colorado Young Leaders CO$234,792 Executive Di $33,008 $29,460 2024
Joyful Child Foundation-in Memory Of Samantha Runnion CA$231,819 Executive Director $47,640 $39,421 2023
Kingdom Homestead MI$231,794 Executive Di $52,000 $49,958 2024
Circle Camps For Grieving Children Inc WI$235,090 Executive Director $60,000 $58,324 2024
Most Valuable Parents Of Buffalo Inc NY$231,479 Executive Director $67,183 $58,175 2023
Blooming Prairie Youth Club MN$231,256 Club Coordinator $37,100 $34,121 2024
Child And Family Resource Foundation SC$230,904 Ceo $35,170 $34,151 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Ron Bunch) 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 738 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,270 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.