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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Paulding County Economic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341909284
OH · NTEE W02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tim Copsey, Executive Director / CEO ($88,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 371 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

371 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 371 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$128 total compensation of comparable organizations → $568,898 $88,400
$10,05310th
$21,65325th
$50,966Median
$82,64875th
$110,74390th
$88,400This org · 77th
p10$10,053
p25$21,653
p50$50,966
p75$82,648
p90$110,743
$88,400

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
Wisconsin County Forests Association Inc WI$273,826 Executive Director $99,918 $98,523 2024
Musaadah Charity CA$274,390 President $50,000 $41,968 2023
Natura International Inc DC$274,650 President $9,824 $8,139 2024
Ventura County Regional Defense Partnership CA$274,910 Co-chair Public Member $50,400 $40,031 2025
Washington Research Council WA$275,356 Vice Chair $24,413 $21,246 2023
Uncommon Grit Foundation Inc VA$271,355 President $92,700 $84,507 2024
Gtc Group VA$275,794 Secretary $15,000 $13,321 2025
American Immigration Control Foundation VA$276,933 President $5,250 $4,786 2024
Wind River Community Alliance WY$269,874 Director $89,960 $90,951 2024
Paralyzed Veterans Of America North Cent SD$268,925 Executive Director - Left 08/2024 $86,077 $89,692 2024
Pro Bono Advisory Council MO$268,565 Executive Director $37,097 $37,097 2024
Board Development Systems Inc TX$267,973 President/ce $87,729 $82,855 2024
Bourn Free Foundation NV$267,799 Cfo Treasure $9,000 $8,518 2024
Central Oregon Guardianship Assistance OR$267,754 Executive Dir. $19,750 $16,870 2025
Financial Therapy Association KS$267,466 Executive Director $60,000 $61,200 2024
Society Of The First Infantry Div KS$267,072 Executive Director $13,575 $13,847 2024
Mindful Living Revolution CA$266,848 President $133,693 $108,997 2024
San Luis Obispo County Bicycle CA$280,309 Executive Di $68,350 $57,370 2023
Alltrust Payee Corporation Inc FL$266,537 President $25,490 $22,609 2024
New Hampshire Veterans Association NH$280,385 President $1,950 $1,700 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department DE$266,283 Service Offi $60,000 $54,038 2025
The Michiana Leadership Center Inc IN$281,067 Executive Director $75,542 $77,436 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United PA$281,123 Treasurer/secretary $54,074 $50,913 2024
Customers First Coalition Inc WI$265,677 Executive Director/directo $156,125 $158,493 2023
Shootout For Soldiers Inc TX$265,237 President $37,852 $35,749 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Tim Copsey) 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 371 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,400 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.