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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

West Michigan Hispanic Chamber Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 275303783
MI · NTEE S30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Guillermo Cisneros, Executive Director / CEO ($26,175) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 194 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Guillermo Cisneros — reported title “PRESIDENT &”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

194 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 194 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $229,622 $26,175
$17,60410th
$43,38525th
$77,657Median
$100,47675th
$136,54090th
$26,175This org · 13th
p10$17,604
p25$43,385
p50$77,657
p75$100,476
p90$136,540
$26,175

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 MI 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
Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation NE$386,587 Vp & General Counsel $54,118 $54,775 2024
Minnesota Center For Employee Ownership MN$386,210 Executive Director $69,046 $64,202 2024
International Business As Mission Inc VA$385,960 President $4,500 $4,089 2024
Kendall County Economic Development Corporation TX$385,842 President/ceo $142,560 $134,196 2024
Carroll Technology Council Inc MD$389,169 Executive Di $103,428 $93,682 2023
Langlade County Economic WI$391,544 Executive Di $79,083 $80,017 2023
Allendale County Alive SC$382,763 Executive Director $41,811 $39,990 2025
Summit Economic Partnership CO$393,014 Ceo $135,000 $121,816 2024
Lapeer Development Corporation MI$379,284 Executive Di $121,900 $118,403 2024
82nd Street District Management NY$378,507 Executive Dir. $90,568 $79,289 2023
Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc TX$378,130 Executive Director $75,846 $71,396 2024
Fort Belknap Community Economic Develop MT$396,766 Chairman $300 $304 2024
Heart Of Brevard NC$375,666 Executive Director $88,649 $86,198 2024
Trend Community Development Corporation IL$399,854 Coo $107,965 $102,834 2023
Forest City Food Collective OH$400,126 Executive Director $70,200 $68,165 2025
Delafield Promotional & WI$374,607 Executive Director $11,118 $10,927 2024
Waukesha County Center For Growth Inc WI$400,269 Executive Director $174,758 $171,750 2024
Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute AK$400,877 Executive Director $100,059 $90,021 2024
Economic Development Council TX$401,483 Executive Di $243,933 $229,622 2024
The Villages Community Development Corp MI$401,574 Executive Director $73,034 $70,939 2024
Historic Hillsboro Downtown Partnership OR$402,408 Executive Director $44,219 $37,647 2025
Princeton Business Partnership NJ$402,438 Executive Director $116,642 $98,003 2024
Wenatchee Downtown Association WA$402,652 Executive Director $83,932 $70,714 2024
Vernon Economic Development WI$402,740 Executive Director $88,080 $86,564 2024
Davie County Economic Development Commission Inc NC$371,126 President $136,561 $136,706 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Guillermo Cisneros) 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 194 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,175 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.