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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Athens Farmers Market

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311765073
OH · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tanya Hire, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,742 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,000 $12,000
$15,00010th
$32,92325th
$60,992Median
$73,50975th
$99,26190th
$12,000This org · 5th
p10$15,000
p25$32,923
p50$60,992
p75$73,509
p90$99,261
$12,000

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
Fulton County Economic Development OH$276,024 Executive Di $17,308 $16,862 2025
Cuyahoga County Mayors And City Managers Association OH$251,263 Executive Director $73,132 $73,132 2024
Midwestern Ohio Association Of Real OH$249,693 Executive Di $60,124 $60,124 2024
Northern Cincinnati Chamber Of Commerce OH$249,242 Former Chamber President $72,500 $74,641 2023
Barnesville Chamber Of Commerce OH$248,591 Director $35,318 $35,318 2024
Motion Palpation Institute Inc OH$287,259 President $15,000 $15,000 2024
Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati Usa Inc OH$244,726 President $48,000 $49,418 2023
Association Of Club Executives Inc OH$238,577 Executive Di $180,000 $180,000 2024
Welding Research Council Inc OH$224,007 Secretary $25,000 $25,738 2023
Veterinary Specialty Practice Alliance Inc OH$223,460 Executive Director $62,400 $62,400 2024
Electrical League Of Northern Ohio OH$311,615 Executive Director Secretary $69,500 $69,500 2024
Colerain Chamber Of Commerce Inc OH$218,999 President $74,500 $76,701 2023
Prisme Forum OH$215,496 Secretary/tr $10,000 $9,742 2025
Ohio Housing Council OH$334,424 Executive Director $158,466 $158,466 2024
Public Relations Global Network Inc OH$339,589 Executive Di $53,352 $53,352 2024
Anderson Area Chamber Of Commerce OH$189,133 Executive Di $90,024 $92,683 2023
Butler County Medical Society OH$183,653 Exec Assistant $15,000 $15,000 2024
Oxford Visitors And Convention OH$392,229 Exec. Direct $60,085 $61,860 2023
Forging Industry Educational And OH$396,575 Ceo $53,762 $53,762 2024
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $65,859 2023

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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Tanya Hire) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.