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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Plasterers & Cement Masons

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341684148
OH · NTEE J22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brock Bello, Executive Director / CEO ($55,037) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$472 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,032 $55,037
$17,21510th
$33,84925th
$56,251Median
$78,09275th
$93,26990th
$55,037This org · 48th
p10$17,215
p25$33,849
p50$56,251
p75$78,092
p90$93,269
$55,037

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
Internat'l Union Of Operating Engineers NY$264,242 Administrator $134,575 $114,814 2023
Tools & Tiaras Inc NY$266,644 President $47,200 $40,269 2023
Jt Mitchell Pre-apprentice Academy CA$268,185 Director $23,600 $18,689 2024
Seattle Area Roofers WA$256,089 Trustee $24,032 $19,732 2024
Apprentice Educational Fund NY$270,621 Union Trustee/training Dir $50,624 $41,952 2024
Proof Programs TN$272,200 President $23,750 $22,894 2024
Montana Operating Engineers & MT$273,249 Director $58,094 $57,428 2024
Bridge Of Tiftarea Inc GA$250,868 Director $34,327 $31,652 2024
Friends Of The Gallatin National Forest MT$249,311 Treasurer $9,913 $9,800 2024
West Central Ohio Manufacturing OH$244,260 Managing Director $56,700 $55,073 2024
Alexandria Pipe Trades Joint LA$280,822 Business Manager $13,200 $13,329 2024
Insulators Local 37 Joint Apprenticeship IN$238,754 Director/administrator $79,709 $79,363 2023
Baltimore Green Justice Workers MD$236,775 President $67,608 $57,965 2024
Automotive Industry Apprenticeship Trust CA$232,917 Administrator $113,057 $92,173 2023
Neurodiversity Works CO$292,414 Executive Director $108,973 $95,826 2024
Eldreds Nursery Foundation TX$230,855 Board Member $500 $472 2023
Spotted Eagle Inc WI$295,806 Executive Dir. $66,221 $63,423 2024
International Association Of Heat & 53 A LA$227,422 Training Director $82,417 $83,225 2024
Auto Repair Transformation WA$223,137 Executive Dir. $50,834 $41,738 2024
Qualitative Solutions CA$303,988 President & Ceo $169,343 $134,101 2024
Ri Hospitality Education Foundation RI$219,579 President/ceo $21,536 $19,497 2023
Evvaylois Foundation TX$219,359 Ceo $24,605 $23,238 2023
Fmha Empowerment Institute Llc NC$217,699 Secretary $9,469 $8,972 2024
Ibew Local 17 Joint 6-17-b Training MI$213,549 Trustee $60,174 $58,641 2023
Be Well Cafe MO$312,101 President $65,000 $63,135 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 2023 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Brock Bello) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,037 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.