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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Application Standards Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421501917
TN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kip Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($90,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 556 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kip Johnson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

556 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 556 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$285 total compensation of comparable organizations → $403,997 $90,250
$23,11810th
$48,13025th
$73,050Median
$103,64075th
$142,39090th
$90,250This org · 67th
p10$23,118
p25$48,130
p50$73,050
p75$103,640
p90$142,390
$90,250

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 TN 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
Bulverde-spring Branch Area TX$330,435 President $56,149 $53,434 2024
Association Of American Pesticide MD$331,848 Executive Sec. $47,986 $42,680 2024
Visit Morgan Hill CA$329,596 Executive Director $148,883 $119,153 2025
Pci Of Illinois & Wisconsin IL$331,997 Executive Director $9,624 $8,769 2025
Mississippi Independent Pharmacies MS$329,426 Executive Director $176,000 $186,483 2024
Smacna Of Northern Illinois IL$332,526 Administrator $14,856 $14,305 2023
Civl Nfp Inc IL$333,119 Executive Director $49,482 $47,647 2023
College Of Commerical Arbitrators TX$328,221 Executive Dir. $73,830 $70,260 2024
Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber Of Commerce Inc FL$328,174 President $72,048 $64,391 2024
Martin County Bar Association FL$327,681 Executive Dir. $55,455 $48,284 2025
Marietta Umpires Association Inc GA$334,290 First Vp Booking Secretary $21,627 $21,299 2023
Texas Water Infrastructure Network TX$327,112 Executive Director $245,000 $240,040 2023
Medical Staff Of Good Samaritan Hospital NY$327,109 President $30,000 $26,552 2023
Ohio Housing Council OH$334,424 Executive Director $158,466 $159,674 2024
The Boston Club Inc MA$334,682 Executive Director $84,000 $71,811 2024
Virginia Loggers Association Inc VA$334,889 Executive Di $125,000 $114,821 2024
Powhatan Chamber Of Commerce VA$326,450 Executive Director $65,000 $59,707 2024
The Greater Richmond Chamber Foundation VA$335,163 Chamber Ceo $439,811 $403,997 2024
Salem Saturday Market OR$335,724 Executive Dir. $50,400 $44,527 2024
Building & Supporting Entrepreneurship PA$325,637 President $34,515 $32,745 2024
Holly Springs Chamber Of Commerce Inc NC$336,055 Executive Director $77,146 $78,075 2023
Retired Detroit Police & Fire Fighters Assn MI$325,434 President $30,500 $29,950 2024
Council For Disability Awareness ME$336,267 President $54,000 $50,116 2025
Multiskilled Medical Certification KS$336,420 President $341,555 $351,043 2024
Hot Springs Association CO$336,780 Executive Director Started Oct 23 $52,000 $48,837 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Kip Johnson) 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 556 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,250 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.