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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Knox Regional Development Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208105293
KY · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jim Iacocca, Executive Director / CEO ($150,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jim Iacocca — reported title “PRESIDENT/CE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$976 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,886 $150,000
$15,42010th
$34,54925th
$53,455Median
$77,29875th
$92,87590th
$150,000This org · 99th
p10$15,420
p25$34,549
p50$53,455
p75$77,298
p90$92,875
$150,000

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
Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa CA$348,476 Chief Executive Officer $69,807 $56,106 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of America Essex & NJ$350,582 Trustee $18,798 $15,622 2023
Titusville Regional Literacy Council PA$350,618 Executive Director $42,466 $39,417 2023
2nd Chance Ms MS$345,669 Program Director $55,000 $55,380 2024
Oncology Association Of Naturopathic Physicians AK$344,997 Executive Director $60,892 $52,631 2024
W House Inc TN$344,755 Executive Di $51,833 $49,257 2024
Minnesota Logger Education Program MN$354,004 Executive Di $94,500 $84,420 2024
Pathway Financial Education MO$344,022 Executive Director $35,045 $34,549 2023
Happier Valley Comedy Inc MA$343,687 President $65,127 $52,911 2024
Alaska Policy Forum Inc AK$355,370 Ceo/non-voting Secretary $86,923 $77,350 2023
Edwins Second Chance Life Skills Center OH$342,059 Pre., Secretary & Treasure $19,654 $18,820 2024
Louise H Batz Patient Safety Foundation TX$341,013 Executive Director $52,500 $48,881 2023
Association Of Computer Technology Educa ME$339,711 Executive Director $87,112 $81,191 2023
Institute For Inclusion In The Legal IL$361,253 Ceo $92,591 $82,296 2024
Faith Community Nurse Network MN$336,612 Executive Di $3,333 $2,977 2024
The Institute Of Classical CA$336,507 Chapter Dire $101,823 $81,838 2023
Carley Cunniff-peter S Dixon Md CT$335,019 Executive Dir. $165,000 $139,866 2024
American Institute Of Healthcare Compliance OH$332,828 Lpn, Bs, Cca, Cifha, Cha, Chcm, Chbs, Chco, Ohcc, Cmdp, Icdct-cm/pcs $54,223 $53,455 2023
Monadnock Art X Tech NH$365,852 Executive Director $49,962 $42,940 2023
Cleveland Empowerment Foundation MS$332,100 Director, Ch $27,217 $28,215 2023
Movers And Shakas HI$366,694 Executive Director $162,210 $131,297 2024
Greater Fort Worth Pro-life Ministries TX$367,579 Executive Director $48,617 $45,266 2023
Clifford Antone Foundation TX$329,181 Executive Director $68,500 $61,949 2024
Agts Inc AZ$369,533 President/se $47,365 $40,121 2025
Starting Now Corporation FL$328,951 Director $72,664 $63,537 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Jim Iacocca) 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 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $150,000 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.