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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Oak Harbor Area Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341088635
OH · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Beavers, Executive Director / CEO ($9,833) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Beavers — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,427 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,723 $9,833
$7,89110th
$15,12425th
$37,063Median
$56,15375th
$66,99190th
$9,833This org · 14th
p10$7,891
p25$15,124
p50$37,063
p75$56,153
p90$66,991
$9,833

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
Medical Board Of Nyp Bmh Corp NY$98,715 Pres $52,000 $45,675 2023
Fruitland Chamber Of Commerce Inc ID$98,710 Executive Dir. $44,368 $45,879 2023
Governmental Purchasing Association NJ$100,656 Executive Dir. $4,500 $3,906 2023
Tri State Stone Operators Association Inc WV$97,750 Secretary & Trainer $36,000 $37,888 2023
Professional Advocacy Association Of TX$97,675 Sec/exec Director $23,500 $22,850 2023
Mid-atlantic Nato Inc MD$97,513 Executive Director $71,874 $61,807 2025
Quad City Painting Industry IA$97,442 Executive Director $4,500 $4,790 2023
Black Wall Street Chamber Of Commerce OK$96,670 President/ceo $55,666 $66,991 2021
Davis Chamber Of Commerce OK$94,341 Director $37,040 $38,508 2024
Escambia County Medical Society FL$92,289 Executive Director $66,000 $58,539 2024
Washington Contract Firefighters Association WA$92,115 President / Instructor $9,870 $8,590 2023
Mat-su Cabaret Hotel Restaurant AK$92,053 Executive Dir. $39,300 $35,474 2024
Tehachapi Area Association Of Realtors CA$106,909 Ceo $13,875 $11,312 2024
Group Of 50 Foundation Inc DC$107,129 Executive Director Until September 2024 $91,819 $76,074 2024
Mid Atlantic Construction Safety Co PA$107,614 Executive Di $60,503 $56,966 2024
Home Builders Assoc Of Central VA$107,659 Executive Di $57,924 $52,805 2024
Bizworks Enterprise Center VA$90,466 Executive Director $65,048 $57,770 2025
Upshur County Convention And Visitors Bureau Corp WV$108,227 Executive Director $31,917 $31,787 2025
Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance CA$108,361 Executive Di $53,050 $43,250 2024
Grow Spink Inc SD$89,853 Executive Director $48,000 $51,493 2023
Lonmark International CA$108,950 Executive Director $19,800 $15,727 2025
Namc-dallas Fortworth Chapter Inc TX$88,494 President $14,000 $13,613 2023
International Federation Of NY$112,599 Treasurer $11,000 $10,058 2022
Dealercpa Network Inc NY$85,900 Executive Director $28,800 $25,297 2023
Trial Attorneys Of New Jersey NJ$114,526 Executive Director $49,265 $41,529 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Sarah Beavers) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,833 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.