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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Dental Society Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260784174
IL · NTEE T31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristen Weber, Executive Director / CEO ($148,185) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Kristen Weber — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$994 total compensation of comparable organizations → $264,935 $148,185
$12,79510th
$27,81225th
$50,420Median
$77,22075th
$101,67290th
$148,185This org · 96th
p10$12,795
p25$27,812
p50$50,420
p75$77,220
p90$101,672
$148,185

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 IL 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
Mountain Gateway Community VA$433,611 Executive Director $28,212 $27,708 2023
Elkin Academic Enrichment NC$433,077 Executive Di $10,331 $10,547 2024
Turning Points For Children Charitable PA$432,889 Treasurer $11,487 $11,652 2023
The Edgar County Community IL$430,797 Dev Mgr $30,000 $29,139 2024
Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic TX$437,822 Ceo $96,000 $94,877 2024
Hero's Cup Hockey Inc MA$437,840 President (Through 10/2023) $13,333 $12,187 2023
The Ben Hogan Foundation TX$438,538 Executive Director $123,101 $121,660 2024
Community Health Alliance MT$428,500 Executive Dir. $50,084 $53,339 2024
Diana Gregory Outreach Services AZ$427,340 Ceo $55,142 $52,395 2024
Los Alamos Community Foundation NM$426,312 Former Exec $76,038 $80,800 2024
Columbia Gorge Community College OR$420,993 Executive Director (Thru 02/23) $78,963 $74,589 2023
Check 1002 Charitable Trust GA$418,995 Trustee $21,408 $21,267 2024
Optima Giving Foundation GA$450,748 Trustee $46,456 $46,150 2024
Greater Cedarburg Foundation Inc WI$454,322 Assistant Secretary $57,748 $61,346 2023
Webster Arts MO$412,408 Executive Director $53,680 $56,173 2024
Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Prescott AZ$412,204 Executive Director $30,000 $27,770 2025
Community Foundation Of Orange CA$409,995 Executive Dir. $75,363 $64,295 2024
Austin Area Foundation MN$459,905 Executive Dir. $51,935 $52,199 2023
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation IA$405,175 Foundation Director $12,034 $13,403 2023
Kauai North Shore Community HI$403,438 Executive Di $95,986 $84,905 2024
Greater Polson Community Foundation Inc MT$465,365 Admin Assistant $43,594 $46,427 2024
Iowa Area Development Group Community IA$398,999 Ceo $95,538 $103,352 2024
Viroqua Area Foundation WI$398,516 Treasurer $3,000 $3,096 2024
Danville Public School Foundation Inc IL$396,949 Executive Director $42,840 $40,538 2025
Tri-county Community Foundation SC$470,574 Executive Director $12,000 $12,049 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Kristen Weber) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $148,185 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.