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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232939646
PA · NTEE S020
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa M Chambers, Executive Director / CEO ($138,136) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Lisa M Chambers — reported title “EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$622 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,305 $138,136
$36,01010th
$44,33525th
$63,258Median
$82,60075th
$96,90690th
$138,136This org · 100th
p10$36,010
p25$44,335
p50$63,258
p75$82,600
p90$96,906
$138,136

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 PA 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
The Gnar Education Foundation TN$313,326 Chief Executive Officer $40,725 $42,926 2024
Karat School Project CA$313,871 President $95,131 $82,374 2024
Downtown West Orange Alliance Inc NJ$281,093 Executive Director $61,128 $54,729 2024
Medical Staff Of Emanate Health CA$278,175 Chief Of Staff $60,000 $51,954 2024
First Tech Fund Inc NY$268,303 President $90,625 $80,002 2025
Join Prometheus Partners Inc NY$264,442 Director And Executive Director $88,260 $79,975 2024
Global Initiatives MO$332,260 $76,160 $83,279 2023
Svp Austin Inc TX$263,643 Executive Director $118,938 $119,305 2024
Mom Your Business PA$335,238 Board President $43,519 $44,804 2023
Center For Community Resources MN$338,049 Executive Director $71,000 $70,351 2024
Central Area Collaborative WA$348,132 Executive Director $103,916 $96,050 2023
National Center For Resource Development WV$246,366 President $90,040 $97,761 2024
El Centro Inc LA$354,818 Executive Director $49,406 $56,165 2023
Leadership Tyler Inc TX$371,965 Executive Director $636 $622 2025
The Urban Development Center Inc FL$375,245 President $35,970 $33,885 2024
Community Synergy Inc NY$211,800 President $40,878 $38,135 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
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 (Lisa M Chambers) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,136 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.