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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fulton County Economic Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465605818
OH · NTEE S41
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jim Wyse, Executive Director / CEO ($17,308) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jim Wyse — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,763 $17,308
$14,78110th
$43,48925th
$63,496Median
$75,84275th
$108,64090th
$17,308This org · 16th
p10$14,781
p25$43,489
p50$63,496
p75$75,842
p90$108,640
$17,308

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 OH 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
Athens Farmers Market OH$267,020 Manager $12,000 $12,318 2024
Motion Palpation Institute Inc OH$287,259 President $15,000 $15,397 2024
Cuyahoga County Mayors And City Managers Association OH$251,263 Executive Director $73,132 $75,067 2024
Midwestern Ohio Association Of Real OH$249,693 Executive Di $60,124 $61,715 2024
Northern Cincinnati Chamber Of Commerce OH$249,242 Former Chamber President $72,500 $76,616 2023
Barnesville Chamber Of Commerce OH$248,591 Director $35,318 $36,252 2024
Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati Usa Inc OH$244,726 President $48,000 $50,725 2023
Electrical League Of Northern Ohio OH$311,615 Executive Director Secretary $69,500 $71,339 2024
Association Of Club Executives Inc OH$238,577 Executive Di $180,000 $184,763 2024
Welding Research Council Inc OH$224,007 Secretary $25,000 $26,419 2023
Veterinary Specialty Practice Alliance Inc OH$223,460 Executive Director $62,400 $64,051 2024
Colerain Chamber Of Commerce Inc OH$218,999 President $74,500 $78,730 2023
Ohio Housing Council OH$334,424 Executive Director $158,466 $162,659 2024
Prisme Forum OH$215,496 Secretary/tr $10,000 $10,000 2025
Public Relations Global Network Inc OH$339,589 Executive Di $53,352 $54,764 2024
Anderson Area Chamber Of Commerce OH$189,133 Executive Di $90,024 $95,135 2023
Oxford Visitors And Convention OH$392,229 Exec. Direct $60,085 $63,496 2023
Forging Industry Educational And OH$396,575 Ceo $53,762 $55,184 2024
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $67,602 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2025 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 OH 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Jim Wyse) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,308 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.