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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jefferson Democratic Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 240622075
PA · NTEE W24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Harry Lomping, Executive Director / CEO ($15,080) 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 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Harry Lomping — reported title “CHAIRMAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$2,992 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,474 $15,080
$4,59110th
$24,92325th
$36,623Median
$64,97975th
$84,91190th
$15,080This org · 19th
p10$4,591
p25$24,923
p50$36,623
p75$64,979
p90$84,911
$15,080

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
March On Harrisburg Education Fund PA$186,332 President $60,000 $61,772 2023
Nm Voters First NM$213,100 Executive Director $24,000 $25,885 2024
The Institute For The Public Trust NC$179,813 Director $72,000 $74,601 2024
Yuan Foundation MD$223,028 Chief Executive Officer $89,804 $84,191 2024
Rhode Island Center For Freedom And Prosperity Inc RI$229,988 Executive Director $86,500 $85,630 2023
Center For Self Governance WA$168,132 Executive Director $27,702 $25,605 2023
Florida Coalition On Black Civic Participation Inc FL$159,191 President $42,900 $40,413 2024
American Liberty Foundation WI$150,000 Treasurer $5,200 $5,607 2023
Free State Project Inc NH$256,959 Executive Director $3,750 $3,575 2023
The Registration Project Inc DC$141,445 Director/treasurer $3,400 $2,992 2024
Coalition For Open Democracy NH$258,105 Excutive Director $60,414 $57,591 2023
C4c Oakland Action Inc CA$261,369 Org. Director $37,917 $32,832 2024
Ventura County Regional Defense Partnership CA$274,910 Co-chair Public Member $50,400 $42,516 2025
Fundacion Agenda Ciudadana Inc PR$287,314 Treasurer $22,221 $22,877 2023
Committee For A Unified Independent NY$290,721 President & Ceo $145,093 $131,474 2024
Wyoming Donor Alliance WY$298,228 Executive Di $27,920 $30,866 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Harry Lomping) 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 (W24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,080 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.