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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Citywide Small Business Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311009303
OH · NTEE S31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Kane, Executive Director / CEO ($46,542) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,264 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,029 $46,542
$13,17110th
$24,21125th
$54,168Median
$84,57375th
$96,54490th
$46,542This org · 46th
p10$13,171
p25$24,211
p50$54,168
p75$84,573
p90$96,544
$46,542

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 OH 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
Friends Of Historic Downtown West Branch IA$131,292 Exec Director $57,903 $59,859 2024
The Lowry Foundation CO$129,882 Interim Ed $24,270 $21,972 2024
Charles Street Development Corp MD$128,646 Executive Director $58,500 $51,638 2024
Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center ND$135,026 Key Employee $75,539 $78,267 2024
The Andre Sayegh Civic Association Inc NJ$125,456 Treasurer $1,500 $1,264 2024
Blackville Community Development SC$122,207 Executive Director $8,170 $8,285 2023
Cass Logansport Economic Developmen IN$143,763 Executive Di $80,501 $80,152 2024
Go-edc Foundation Inc WI$117,428 President & Ceo $18,313 $18,057 2024
Urban Strategic Solutions CA$116,537 Ceo $120,000 $97,833 2024
Agricultural Development Initiatives TN$146,233 Ceo, President, Director $85,800 $87,666 2023
Downtown Mebane Development Corporation NC$152,611 Executive Director $38,020 $36,135 2025
Comeunity Cafe TN$156,995 Assistant $19,360 $19,781 2023
Fredericksburg Virginia Main Street Inc VA$160,940 Interim Executive Director $35,000 $32,849 2023
The Valley Center Opportunity Zone NV$161,025 President Ceo $35,000 $33,124 2024
Cathedral District-jax Inc FL$165,794 Ceo/presiden $93,675 $83,086 2024
Columbia Valley Housing Association Dba WA$171,894 Executive Dir. $35,538 $30,928 2023
Greater Austin San Antonio Corridor TX$172,168 President $131,325 $124,029 2024
Main Street Fort Pierce Inc FL$172,200 Executive Di $107,307 $92,723 2025
Baltimore Avenue Redevelopment Corporation PA$174,500 President $80,418 $75,717 2024
Albia Industrial Development IA$178,441 President $107,184 $110,805 2024
Economic Development Alliance Of OH$187,785 Economic Development Direc $4,532 $4,532 2024
Downtown West Allis Inc WI$191,279 Exec Director $57,500 $56,697 2024
Pawtucket Foundation RI$192,116 Executive Di $108,000 $95,255 2025
Grant County Economic Developement Corporation KS$194,562 Executive Director $81,007 $85,068 2023
Visit Fort Wayne Foundation Inc IN$195,656 Executive Di $21,697 $21,603 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
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 (Daniel Kane) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,542 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.