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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Charlotte Community Toolbank Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271602981
NC · NTEE S192
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maureen Krueger, Executive Director / CEO ($84,975) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1769 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,769 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,769 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $631,420 $84,975
$17,14010th
$43,99825th
$71,544Median
$100,55475th
$140,65490th
$84,975This org · 64th
p10$17,140
p25$43,998
p50$71,544
p75$100,554
p90$140,654
$84,975

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 NC 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
Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute AK$400,877 Executive Director $100,059 $89,925 2024
Waukesha County Center For Growth Inc WI$400,269 Executive Director $174,758 $171,567 2024
Stuart Main Street Assoc Inc FL$401,086 Executive Director $66,090 $58,364 2024
Forest City Food Collective OH$400,126 Executive Director $70,200 $68,092 2025
Oregon Chiropractic Association OR$399,982 Executive Di $63,029 $56,648 2023
Amani Foundation Inc TN$401,314 President $18,000 $17,786 2024
Trend Community Development Corporation IL$399,854 Coo $107,965 $102,725 2023
Economic Development Council TX$401,483 Executive Di $243,933 $229,378 2024
The Villages Community Development Corp MI$401,574 Executive Director $73,034 $70,864 2024
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $65,573 2023
The Wow Center Inc NJ$401,696 President $53,864 $46,544 2023
Conference On Asian Pacific American Leadership DC$401,759 Managing Director $86,744 $73,670 2023
Hartselle Area Chamber Of Commerce AL$401,838 President & Ceo $42,772 $44,721 2023
Watershed Human And Community Development Agency Inc AR$399,384 Treasurer $30,034 $32,673 2023
Fp2 Inc IL$401,909 Executive Director $80,000 $73,934 2024
Whitestone Community Association AK$402,005 Secretary $13,824 $12,424 2024
Forest Grovecornelius Chamber Of OR$399,014 Executive Di $75,000 $63,785 2025
The Montgomery Institute MS$402,323 President $52,000 $54,442 2024
Holy Ghost Association Inc MA$402,345 Asst Treasurer $18,221 $15,847 2023
San Diego Military Advisory Council CA$402,363 President & Ceo $100,000 $83,570 2023
Westown Community Development Corp OH$398,892 Executive Di $84,078 $83,712 2024
Historic Hillsboro Downtown Partnership OR$402,408 Executive Director $44,219 $37,607 2025
Princeton Business Partnership NJ$402,438 Executive Director $116,642 $97,899 2024
Kiwanis Club Of Lehigh Acres FL$398,789 Treasurer $38,919 $34,369 2024
Industry Council For Emergency Response DC$402,605 Executive Director $223,321 $189,662 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Maureen Krueger) 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 1769 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,975 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.