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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Association Of Official Seed

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 370712507
GA · NTEE S41Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Wilbanks, Executive Director / CEO ($137,891) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 530 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

530 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 530 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $422,341 $137,891
$33,04110th
$61,35825th
$88,350Median
$130,42475th
$186,11090th
$137,891This org · 78th
p10$33,041
p25$61,358
p50$88,350
p75$130,424
p90$186,110
$137,891

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 GA 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
Air And Expedited Motor Carriers Association KY$430,500 Executive Director $125,322 $133,908 2024
Georgia Association Of School Business Officials GA$430,889 Po Box 192, Fitzgerald, Ga 31750 $30,500 $31,401 2023
Angier Chamber Of Commerce NC$429,638 Executive Di $51,621 $54,614 2023
American Association Of Dental MO$429,238 Executive Director $49,056 $50,343 2025
Mendota Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$432,381 President And Ceo $41,669 $40,742 2024
Northeast Seafood Coalition Inc MA$432,538 Executive Director $108,584 $94,542 2025
Esports Trade Association IL$428,000 Chairman $20,749 $20,287 2024
Professional Land Surveyors Of Ohio OH$433,153 Exec Directo $85,500 $92,724 2023
Lower Bucks County Chamber Of Commerce PA$427,438 Executive Dir. $57,243 $56,773 2024
Anderson County Chamber Of Commerce Inc TN$427,412 President Non Voting $42,708 $44,647 2024
495 Metrowest Corridor Partnership Inc MA$427,385 Executive Director $125,699 $115,657 2023
I S Pullers Nfp IL$433,665 President $5,000 $4,889 2024
90 Minds Inc CA$425,280 Executive Director $94,300 $80,984 2024
Children's Hospitals Alliance Of Tn TN$435,655 President $200,144 $209,232 2024
Ravenna Economic Development Corp NE$435,705 Exectutive D $49,685 $53,148 2024
Alameda Chamber Of Commerce CA$435,716 President & Ceo $147,804 $126,933 2024
Lawrence County Tourist Promotion Agency Inc PA$425,020 Executive Director $77,185 $76,552 2024
Placer Nevada County Medical Society CA$435,982 Executive Director $98,250 $84,376 2024
Usa Sprinkler Fitter Business FL$424,274 Director - Past $500 $467 2024
The Circuit OH$424,129 Exectuive Director $50,521 $54,789 2023
Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce IN$438,268 Executive Di $52,500 $56,689 2023
Visit Freeport ME$438,536 Executive Director $61,658 $63,218 2023
The Association Of Art Museum Curators NY$438,591 Executive Director $14,956 $13,838 2023
Builders Association Of South Florida FL$438,863 Executive Officer $193,000 $180,320 2024
Medical Staff Of Newark Beth Israel NJ$421,376 President $12,500 $11,100 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Sarah Wilbanks) 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 530 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $137,891 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.