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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cary-grove Area Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363809123
IL · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynn Caccavallo, Executive Director / CEO ($99,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lynn Caccavallo — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO/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

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $249,874 $99,250
$19,65810th
$50,94425th
$83,959Median
$117,77975th
$150,84990th
$99,250This org · 62nd
p10$19,658
p25$50,944
p50$83,959
p75$117,779
p90$150,849
$99,250

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
Staffing Services Association Of Il IL$404,500 Executive Director $50,500 $51,992 2023
Fp2 Inc IL$401,909 Executive Director $80,000 $80,000 2024
Airport Restaurant & Retail Association IL$421,000 Executive Director $249,874 $249,874 2024
Metro West Council Of Government IL$390,859 Executive Di $152,084 $148,164 2025
International Association Of IL$388,116 Ceo $102,125 $99,493 2025
Esports Trade Association IL$428,000 Chairman $20,749 $20,749 2024
Mendota Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$432,381 President And Ceo $41,669 $41,669 2024
I S Pullers Nfp IL$433,665 President $5,000 $5,000 2024
Logan Square Chamber Of Commerce IL$373,499 Executive Director $67,083 $67,083 2024
Effingham Regional Growth Alliance IL$366,994 President $156,952 $161,588 2023
Skokie Chamber Of Commerce IL$360,235 President & Ceo $109,358 $112,588 2023
Grayslake Chamber Of Commerce IL$358,319 Executive Di $70,000 $70,000 2024
Illinois Solar Energy Association IL$462,254 Executive Director $119,000 $119,000 2024
Chicago Area Independent Constructi IL$467,890 Director $114,400 $117,779 2023
Civl Nfp Inc IL$333,119 Executive Director $49,482 $50,944 2023
Smacna Of Northern Illinois IL$332,526 Administrator $14,856 $15,295 2023
Pci Of Illinois & Wisconsin IL$331,997 Executive Director $9,624 $9,376 2025
Prof Golfers Ass'n Of Amer-illinois IL$493,844 Executive Director $27,326 $27,326 2024
Downtown Naperville Alliance IL$495,476 Executive Dir. $84,046 $86,528 2023
Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association IL$305,762 President $54,000 $55,595 2023
Chicagoland Food Inc IL$294,169 Executive Director $50,000 $50,000 2024
Mason Contractors Association Of IL$292,630 Executive Secretary $190,225 $190,225 2024
Downers Grove Downtown IL$521,830 Executive Director/manager $98,000 $98,000 2024
Quad Cities Foundation For Fair IL$274,541 Manager $129,654 $129,654 2024
Independent Equipment Dealers Assoc IL$550,971 Executive Director $85,695 $88,226 2023

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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Lynn Caccavallo) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $99,250 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.