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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Decatur Pbpa Labor Committee

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 371283189
IL · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Todd Koester, Executive Director / CEO ($2,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$463 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,342 $2,400
$3,01410th
$5,09625th
$13,312Median
$37,31675th
$64,94290th
$2,400This org · 7th
p10$3,014
p25$5,096
p50$13,312
p75$37,316
p90$64,942
$2,400

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
Abilities At Crestview Ii Inc FL$79,180 President/ceo $38,173 $37,554 2023
Lica Educational Foundation For Veterans IL$81,987 Director $66,000 $67,949 2023
Associated Calexico Teachers CA$76,165 President $5,000 $4,392 2024
Nonprofit Transformation Inc TX$75,608 President $55,296 $57,925 2023
Local Union 773 Labor Management Fund NY$75,090 Trustee $114,100 $104,874 2024
Solon Education Association OH$85,198 President $4,700 $5,064 2024
Rhode Island Association Of School Maintenance Directors RI$72,732 Director $11,250 $11,296 2023
The Bean Factory CO$70,084 Ceo (Thru 06/25) $3,339 $3,173 2025
Hudson Valley Community College Non-instructional Employees Union NY$69,950 President $6,600 $6,066 2024
Afscme Local 151 MN$88,804 President $2,162 $2,237 2023
Avixa Foundation Inc VA$88,891 Executive Director $14,158 $14,315 2023
Professional Air Traffic Controller FL$69,420 President $20,120 $19,226 2024
International Association Of Firefighters Local 475 IN$89,663 President $1,540 $1,652 2024
B3 Coffee NC$89,992 Executive Dir. $15,750 $17,042 2023
Wayne Westland Education MI$90,142 Exec Director $10,000 $10,499 2024
Yowealth Academy TN$68,205 Director $53,484 $57,185 2024
Occupational Development Center PA$91,544 Secretary $4,036 $4,215 2023
Centurion Professional Training Inc NY$66,284 Director $63,750 $57,085 2025
Woodbridge Police Supervisory NJ$65,533 President $3,000 $2,725 2024
Probability Management Inc CA$93,319 Executive Director $12,750 $11,199 2024
Law Enforcement Alliance Of South- CT$64,981 President $3,000 $2,946 2023
Imsa Educational Foundation NH$94,686 Secretary/treasurer $126,000 $118,342 2024
International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers CA$95,749 Trustee $4,250 $3,844 2023
Maryland Automobile Dealers Association MD$62,766 President $77,888 $76,257 2023
Polk Training Center Inc FL$96,750 Director $40,000 $37,237 2025

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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Todd Koester) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,400 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.