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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Des Moines Downtown Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262830881
IA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jimmy Olsen, Executive Director / CEO ($28,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 399 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jimmy Olsen — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

399 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 399 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $247,968 $28,700
$10,23610th
$33,00425th
$54,997Median
$76,36775th
$108,44390th
$28,700This org · 22nd
p10$10,236
p25$33,004
p50$54,997
p75$76,367
p90$108,443
$28,700

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 IA 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
American Society For Surgery Of The Hand IL$204,576 Ceo/executive Vp $96,961 $84,561 2024
Wall & Ceiling Industry Advancement Fund MO$205,355 Executive Director $36,684 $35,485 2023
Americans For Food And Beverage Choice DC$205,591 Principal Officer $158,319 $123,244 2024
Alliance For Gray Market & Counterfeit DC$203,863 Executive Director $130,494 $104,584 2023
American Institute Of Architecture Eastern Oklahom OK$203,816 Executive Director $82,409 $82,876 2023
Medical Staff Of Research MO$205,781 President $20,000 $19,346 2023
Bloomington-normal Plumbing & Heating IL$203,522 Executive Direc $33,146 $28,907 2024
Southern Berkshire Chamber Of MA$203,391 Executive Dir. $66,000 $54,166 2023
Certified Pest Control Operators Of Geor GA$203,348 Executive Director $37,048 $33,045 2024
Oakland Vietnamese Chamber Of Commerce CA$206,602 Executive Director $75,000 $57,450 2024
Fishermans Wharf Association CA$206,829 President & Ceo $12,000 $9,192 2024
Society For Cardiovascular Angiography DC$207,107 Chief Executive Officer $64,914 $52,025 2023
Virginia Association Of Independent VA$202,244 Executive Dir. $108,934 $93,305 2024
Apparel Industry Board Inc IL$207,450 Exec Director $41,667 $37,412 2023
Association Of Extremity Nerve Surgeons TX$202,068 Director $53,722 $49,079 2023
Independent Electrical Contractors CO$201,942 Executive Director $124,001 $105,477 2024
North Coast Fishermens Cable Committee CA$201,795 President $4,319 $3,308 2024
Massachusetts Association Of MA$201,599 Executive Di $137,500 $109,609 2024
Wisconsin Badger Chapter Club Management WI$201,353 Managing Director $58,940 $54,605 2024
Rosemont Illinois Chamber Of IL$208,577 Executive Di $81,326 $70,926 2024
Chemical Alliance Zone Inc WV$200,945 Executive Director $178,250 $171,208 2024
Association Of Health Care MO$200,730 Executive Director $5,416 $5,239 2023
Alafave Inc TX$209,157 Executive Director $54,000 $47,918 2024
Mountain Counties Water CA$209,216 Executive Dir. $102,000 $80,440 2023
Tennessee Infrastructure Alliance TN$200,000 Executive Director $90,000 $83,921 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Jimmy Olsen) 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 399 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,700 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.