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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Electrical Industry Drug-free Allia

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 306041443
IL · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($254,537) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Mark Thomas — reported title “ADMINISTRATO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,494 $254,537
$2,24810th
$5,12725th
$9,716Median
$19,27575th
$65,78590th
$254,537This org · 100th
p10$2,248
p25$5,127
p50$9,716
p75$19,275
p90$65,785
$254,537

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
St Joseph Area Sheet Metal Workers MO$191,817 Coordinator $16,988 $18,843 2023
Hillsboro Police Officers' Association OR$192,040 President $9,450 $8,927 2024
Professional Staff Association NY$192,325 President $7,800 $7,169 2024
Green River United Faculty Coalition WA$193,722 Treasurer $8,766 $8,219 2023
Rescue Union Federation Of Teachers CA$195,711 President $4,000 $3,423 2025
Lowell Police Association Inc MA$196,598 President $10,500 $9,598 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NY$184,706 President $18,292 $17,309 2023
Long Beach Schools Employees Associ NY$197,143 President $5,259 $4,976 2023
Lynnwood Police Guild WA$197,432 President $14,473 $13,180 2024
United Labor Properties Inc MI$198,318 President $85,492 $87,444 2025
United Mine Workers Of America Local 2300 PA$183,255 President $17,760 $18,015 2024
Pantex Guards Union TX$198,838 President $10,570 $10,755 2024
International Assoc Of Fire TX$200,598 President $6,300 $6,410 2024
Greater Atlanta Area Employees GA$180,730 Executive Di $51,000 $52,160 2024
Cwa Staff Union NY$201,347 President $19,873 $17,796 2025
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation NY$203,574 President $126,371 $119,584 2023
Beaverton Police Association OR$203,848 President $9,450 $8,927 2024
International Association Of Fire Fighters OH$204,135 President $7,212 $7,999 2023
Petaluma Staff Nurse Partnership CA$204,364 President $46,620 $42,157 2023
Guild Of Pacific Northwest Employees WA$205,633 President $14,260 $12,986 2024
American Federation Of Musicians NE$174,834 President $900 $985 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation PA$207,305 President $4,102 $4,161 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation IL$209,569 President $4,363 $4,363 2024
Federation Of Public Service Employees CA$209,980 Secretary-treas $17,400 $15,734 2023
International Union East Moline U A W Building IL$171,669 President $3,296 $3,393 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Mark Thomas) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $254,537 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.