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Compensation Comparability Determination

Appalachian Center For Economic Networks Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311129632
OH · NTEE S32Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larry Fisher, Executive Director / CEO ($85,696) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1098 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Larry Fisher — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,098 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,098 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$106 total compensation of comparable organizations → $886,396 $85,696
$36,30210th
$86,91125th
$133,681Median
$194,35275th
$270,15290th
$85,696This org · 24th
p10$36,302
p25$86,911
p50$133,681
p75$194,352
p90$270,152
$85,696

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
Temecula Valley Wine Growers Association CA$1,966,859 Executive Dir. $123,759 $98,297 2025
Mountain Country Home Solutions UT$1,969,643 Executive Dir. $167,530 $161,887 2024
Board Of Registered Polysomnographic VA$1,969,862 Chief Executive Officer $189,812 $173,036 2024
Equable Institute GA$1,962,884 Executive Director $276,450 $262,442 2024
Leadership Foundations WA$1,961,789 President $189,841 $160,473 2024
🔒 1093 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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:

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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 13, 2026.