Compensation Comparability

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rick Church, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44^th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

Distribution of comparable compensation

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.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Staffing Services Association Of Il	IL	$404,500	$51,992	990
Cary-grove Area Chamber Of Commerce	IL	$406,788	$99,250	990
Metro West Council Of Government	IL	$390,859	$148,164	990
International Association Of	IL	$388,116	$99,493	990
Airport Restaurant & Retail Association	IL	$421,000	$249,874	990
Esports Trade Association	IL	$428,000	$20,749	990
Logan Square Chamber Of Commerce	IL	$373,499	$67,083	990
Mendota Area Chamber Of Commerce	IL	$432,381	$41,669	990
I S Pullers Nfp	IL	$433,665	$8,834	990
Effingham Regional Growth Alliance	IL	$366,994	$161,588	990
Skokie Chamber Of Commerce	IL	$360,235	$112,588	990
Grayslake Chamber Of Commerce	IL	$358,319	$70,000	990
Illinois Solar Energy Association	IL	$462,254	$119,000	990
Chicago Area Independent Constructi	IL	$467,890	$117,779	990
Civl Nfp Inc	IL	$333,119	$50,944	990
Smacna Of Northern Illinois	IL	$332,526	$15,295	990
Pci Of Illinois & Wisconsin	IL	$331,997	$9,376	990
Prof Golfers Ass'n Of Amer-illinois	IL	$493,844	$27,326	990
Downtown Naperville Alliance	IL	$495,476	$86,528	990
Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association	IL	$305,762	$55,595	990
Chicagoland Food Inc	IL	$294,169	$50,000	990
Mason Contractors Association Of	IL	$292,630	$190,225	990
Downers Grove Downtown	IL	$521,830	$98,000	990
Quad Cities Foundation For Fair	IL	$274,541	$129,654	990
Independent Equipment Dealers Assoc	IL	$550,971	$88,226	990

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:

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

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	44^th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	44^th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	48^th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	33^rd

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Rick Church) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 44^th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].