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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363650802
IL · NTEE C500
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pamela Osborne, Executive Director / CEO ($65,343) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Pamela Osborne — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,919 total compensation of comparable organizations → $170,118 $65,343
$30,21610th
$44,40725th
$75,381Median
$107,65075th
$131,47590th
$65,343This org · 34th
p10$30,216
p25$44,407
p50$75,381
p75$107,650
p90$131,475
$65,343

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 IL 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
Friends Of Bunker Hill MO$447,263 Executive Director $44,615 $49,486 2023
Hub404 Conservancy Inc GA$466,925 Executive Dir. $139,067 $142,231 2024
Alaskans For Litter Prevention And AK$439,561 Executive Dir. $113,397 $110,275 2024
Freedom's Way Heritage Association Inc MA$483,963 Executive Director $124,378 $113,687 2024
Downtown Association Of Fairbanks AK$425,634 Executive Director $66,548 $66,628 2023
Green Cities Accord MN$425,247 Director Of Programs And Operations $114,105 $114,685 2024
Friends Of The Welty Environmental Center Inc WI$424,763 Executive Director $41,050 $44,896 2023
Small Town Project CO$415,800 Development Director $14,400 $14,459 2023
Mini Mart City Park WA$414,865 President $20,000 $18,214 2024
Palos Verdes Estates Foundation CA$414,730 Executive Director $50,000 $43,917 2024
Keep Knoxville Beautiful Inc TN$412,096 Executive Dir. $70,600 $73,539 2025
Neighborhood Forest Inc MN$509,462 Executive Director $75,000 $75,381 2024
Natural Restorations AZ$400,227 Executive Director $98,807 $96,657 2024
Clean Fairfax Council VA$399,566 Executive Director $104,213 $99,712 2025
Growsmart Maine ME$513,715 Executive Di $103,114 $105,025 2024
Plant It Again CA$391,678 Ceo $82,309 $72,294 2024
Next Level Productions And Promotions FL$376,467 President $11,099 $10,919 2023
Camp Rd Inc MI$536,765 Executive Director $48,673 $52,611 2023
Foothills Rails-to-trails Coalition WA$536,942 Executive Director $74,100 $69,475 2023
Cuenca Los Ojos AZ$375,552 Executive Director $35,337 $34,568 2024
Keep North Fulton Beautiful Inc GA$360,232 Former Executive Director $85,800 $94,048 2022
Keep Midland Beautiful Inc TX$351,019 Executive Dir. $28,413 $28,910 2024
Proud Louisiana Llc LA$348,338 Executive Di $32,667 $36,589 2024
Scenic Houston Inc TX$347,997 Executive Director $167,194 $170,118 2024
Saratoga County Foundation Inc NY$342,857 Chamber President $35,004 $32,174 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Pamela Osborne) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,343 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.