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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Chamber Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311609915
OH · NTEE S99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Don Deperro, Executive Director / CEO ($1,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,465 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,905 $1,200
$9,61110th
$27,62625th
$57,197Median
$79,42775th
$101,17690th
$1,200This org · 0th
p10$9,611
p25$27,626
p50$57,197
p75$79,427
p90$101,176
$1,200

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
Pioneering With Passion Ministries (Ppm) CT$315,223 Director $11,000 $9,738 2024
Far Away Friends Inc CO$314,306 Co-founder & Board Chair $40,385 $36,562 2024
Siuslaw Vision OR$313,525 Secretary $8,575 $7,518 2024
Queen City Bicycle Collective NH$326,591 Executive Di $64,620 $54,883 2025
Rethink Coalition Inc IN$303,862 Ceo And President $70,000 $69,696 2024
Friends Of Southern Ohio OH$333,117 Executive Director $80,052 $82,417 2023
California Center For Economic Initiatives CA$300,000 President And Executive Director $30,255 $24,666 2024
Wlam Property Association Ii WA$336,953 Executive Di $10,016 $8,467 2024
Love In Motion Foundation Inc PR$298,969 Executive Director $35,139 $35,139 2024
Central Midlands Justice Ministry SC$298,950 Executive Dir. $70,833 $69,769 2024
Virginia Highland District Association Inc GA$297,162 Executive Director $58,334 $57,014 2023
Good Grief Network MI$293,628 Executive Director/treasurer $49,047 $49,209 2023
Total Life Community Educ Foundation AR$292,881 President/ceo $79,689 $84,572 2024
Shaylo Inc Socially Helping Adults Youth With Liveable Opportunities MD$346,941 Ceo $63,141 $57,380 2023
Rf Impact Advisers Inc PA$289,452 Director $78,378 $73,796 2024
Access Laporte County Inc IN$288,233 Director Of Operations $58,014 $59,469 2023
The Chattery TN$286,494 Creative Director $45,000 $45,978 2023
Market Building Foundation Inc VA$285,014 Executive Di $92,221 $86,554 2023
Everett Community Growers Inc MA$353,797 Director $1,893 $1,654 2023
Natives Rising Inc CA$282,373 Ceo $186,839 $152,325 2024
Clinton Cemetery Association CT$282,136 Secretary $17,973 $15,911 2024
West Yellowstone Foundation MT$356,140 Executive Dir. $62,661 $65,656 2023
Long Island Business Development Council Inc NY$357,225 Executive Board $11,800 $10,067 2024
Mission Realty Advisors MO$279,136 Executive Director $236,907 $243,905 2023
Dream Innovations Incorporated MS$358,479 Finance Manager $45,000 $47,320 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Don Deperro) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,200 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.