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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Austin Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364275054
IL · NTEE S41
FY ending 2021-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tina Augustus, Executive Director / CEO ($27,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 438 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tina Augustus — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

438 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 438 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,627 $27,650
$11,02710th
$33,65625th
$56,147Median
$78,25175th
$108,38190th
$27,650This org · 20th
p10$11,027
p25$33,656
p50$56,147
p75$78,251
p90$108,381
$27,650

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
Germantown Area Chamber Of Commerce WI$217,363 Executive Direc $46,050 $42,260 2024
Oregon Cheese Guild OR$217,494 Executive Director $84,000 $68,546 2024
Procedure Professionals Association Inc FL$217,027 Owner $1,800 $1,486 2024
Culver City Arts District CA$216,320 Executive Dir. $12,368 $9,662 2023
National Association Of Certified TX$216,295 Executive Dir. $100,000 $87,899 2024
Adult Non-alcoholic Beverage Assoc Inc DE$215,948 Secretary $144,375 $127,890 2023
Colerain Chamber Of Commerce Inc OH$218,999 President $74,500 $71,385 2023
Central Baldwin Chamber Of Commerce AL$215,769 Executive Director $1 $1 2024
Missouri Ambulance Association MO$219,053 Executive Director $16,500 $15,356 2024
Washington Aviation Association WA$215,654 Pres & Treas $37,500 $29,502 2024
Prisme Forum OH$215,496 Secretary/tr $10,000 $9,067 2025
Agribusiness Henderson County Inc NC$215,370 President/ce $66,882 $60,725 2024
Owners' Counsel Of America Inc ID$219,558 Executive Di $67,500 $63,097 2024
Springfield Tech Council MO$215,244 Executive Director $61,674 $59,095 2023
Massachusetts Secondary School MA$215,034 Director $7,000 $5,385 2025
Shelby County Economic Development Board Inc MO$219,838 Employee $129,386 $123,976 2023
Moorhead Business Association Inc MN$214,949 Executive Director $74,380 $66,490 2023
Downtown Moorhead Inc MN$219,938 President/ceo $170,346 $147,907 2024
Ark Residential Assisted Living Asn AR$220,069 Executive Director $132,600 $134,840 2023
Platte Chamber Of Commerce Inc SD$214,573 Executive Director $53,169 $51,563 2024
Adams County Chamber Of Commerce Inc WI$220,256 Executive Director $50,000 $45,885 2024
Greater Fairbanks Board Of Realtors AK$220,348 Executive Di $85,522 $71,847 2024
Missouri State Assessors Association MO$220,614 Secretary $300 $279 2024
Birch Bay Chamber Of Commerce WA$213,931 Executive Director $43,290 $35,063 2023
Storm Lake United IA$213,673 Executive Di $33,350 $32,087 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 2021 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Tina Augustus) 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 438 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,650 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.