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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Electrical League Of Northern Ohio

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 340201690
OH · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terri Hanna Wiehn, Executive Director / CEO ($69,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Terri Hanna Wiehn — reported title “Executive Director Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,742 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,000 $69,500
$15,37210th
$42,36825th
$61,860Median
$75,67175th
$102,89490th
$69,500This org · 65th
p10$15,372
p25$42,368
p50$61,860
p75$75,671
p90$102,894
$69,500

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
Ohio Housing Council OH$334,424 Executive Director $158,466 $158,466 2024
Motion Palpation Institute Inc OH$287,259 President $15,000 $15,000 2024
Public Relations Global Network Inc OH$339,589 Executive Di $53,352 $53,352 2024
Fulton County Economic Development OH$276,024 Executive Di $17,308 $16,862 2025
Athens Farmers Market OH$267,020 Manager $12,000 $12,000 2024
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
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
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
Welding Research Council Inc OH$224,007 Secretary $25,000 $25,738 2023
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $65,859 2023
Veterinary Specialty Practice Alliance Inc OH$223,460 Executive Director $62,400 $62,400 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
International Thriller Writers Inc OH$416,901 Exec Directo $103,615 $103,615 2024
The Circuit OH$424,129 Exectuive Director $50,521 $52,013 2023
Professional Land Surveyors Of Ohio OH$433,153 Exec Directo $85,500 $88,025 2023
European-american Chamber Of Commerce OH$444,419 Executive Director - Start 06/23 $64,545 $66,451 2023
Transportation Marketing & Sales Associa OH$451,754 Executive Dir. $100,008 $100,008 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Terri Hanna Wiehn) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,500 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.