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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dekalb County Economic Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364577514
IN · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony King, Executive Director / CEO ($93,947) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 177 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anthony King — reported title “PRESIDENT/CE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

177 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 177 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$197 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,385 $93,947
$15,21010th
$41,15425th
$71,944Median
$97,76875th
$135,09190th
$93,947This org · 71st
p10$15,210
p25$41,154
p50$71,944
p75$97,768
p90$135,091
$93,947

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 IN 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
Advance Minnesota MN$343,750 Board Member $38,500 $36,074 2024
Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation PA$344,040 Executive Director $75,000 $76,012 2022
Merchant Row Association Corporation DC$346,049 Former Executive Director $32,308 $26,884 2024
The Florida Council Of 100 FL$337,750 President $50,964 $45,400 2024
Main Street Wooster Inc OH$337,375 Executive Director $85,321 $85,693 2024
Ohio Energy & Advanced Manufacturing OH$335,964 President $6,000 $6,026 2024
Ogunquit Chamber Of Commerce ME$335,876 Executive Di $90,500 $85,933 2024
Monroe County Illinois Economic IL$350,348 Executive Dir. $69,879 $65,145 2024
Wyoming County Business Assistance NY$334,541 President/ceo $17,402 $15,352 2023
The Maryland Heights Convention & Visitors Bureau MO$334,098 Executive Director $115,915 $119,859 2023
Adams County Development Council WA$334,069 Executive Director $136,341 $119,171 2023
Boulder Chamber Foundation CO$351,613 President & Ceo $18,609 $17,421 2023
Folsom Community Development Corporation CA$352,017 Ceo/president $115,040 $96,980 2023
Main Street Winter Haven Inc FL$352,397 President $70,063 $62,414 2024
Downtown Annapolis Partnership Inc MD$332,581 Executive Director $80,000 $73,018 2023
Preble County Development Partnership OH$332,329 Executive Director $123,147 $123,684 2024
Idea Foundry PA$353,744 Director & Ceo $208,810 $203,292 2023
Amplify Equity Inc NY$354,839 Executive Director $84,483 $72,392 2024
Laredo Motor Carriers Association TX$359,339 President $70,000 $68,361 2023
Eastern Plains Economic Development MT$360,223 Executive Di $49,834 $50,939 2024
Rutland Makers Inc VT$362,903 Executive Di $79,423 $75,805 2024
World Trade Center Utah Foundation UT$319,722 Ceo $13,093 $13,083 2023
Sullivan County Land Bank NY$319,120 Chair $10,602 $9,353 2023
Warren County Local Economic IN$318,950 Former Execu $90,908 $93,593 2023
Teamcalifornia Economic Development Corp CA$366,573 Ceo $119,477 $100,721 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Anthony King) 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 177 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,947 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.