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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ohio Workforce Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473937812
OH · NTEE J03
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Meek Eells, Executive Director / CEO ($90,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 107 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Meek Eells — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

107 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 107 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$109 total compensation of comparable organizations → $242,515 $90,000
$3,87410th
$6,18725th
$18,417Median
$49,51075th
$77,15590th
$90,000This org · 93rd
p10$3,874
p25$6,187
p50$18,417
p75$49,510
p90$77,155
$90,000

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
Edmondson Community Organization Inc MD$127,500 Executive Director $66,346 $60,112 2024
Rhode Island Brewers Guild RI$126,673 Executive Director $75,160 $69,845 2024
Zee Computer & Information Center Inc MI$125,740 Ceo $31,200 $30,405 2025
Hudson Valley Community College Faculty Association Inc NY$130,500 President $10,000 $8,758 2024
1up Coaching PA$125,000 Executive Di $115,000 $111,142 2024
Liberty Link Foundation 360 Non- FL$124,128 President $34,000 $30,955 2024
Morgenstern Workshop IN$123,852 Driver $33,400 $34,135 2024
Compassion Coffee Llc MN$123,631 President $17,572 $16,827 2024
United Union Of Roofers MA$132,418 President As Of 11/2024 $125 $109 2024
Center For Advocacy Research & CT$122,357 Secty, Treasurer, Vp, Ed $96,000 $87,232 2024
County Plumbers Inc NY$122,200 President $93,270 $81,680 2024
Cr Works Inc IN$122,171 Director $28,800 $30,303 2023
Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit Assn IA$122,040 President $5,400 $5,730 2024
Union Electrical Workers Inc DE$134,122 Director $104,863 $102,447 2023
Utah Association Of Nurse Anesthetists WY$121,399 Executive Dir. $6,000 $6,227 2024
Employees Association Of CA$135,902 President $6,500 $5,440 2024
The Public Sector Consortium Inc MA$136,523 President $27,365 $23,832 2024
Nyc Hospitality Alliance Impact NY$137,118 President $5,568 $5,020 2023
Asbestos Workers Local No 42 Apprenticeship Training & Education Fund NJ$118,480 Union Trustee $7,800 $6,949 2023
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice PA$118,137 Treasurer $20,809 $20,111 2024
Career Services For Persons With NJ$138,000 President $42,706 $36,953 2024
North Castle Police Benevolent Assoc Inc NY$117,223 President $4,800 $4,866 2021
New Sector Alliance Inc MA$138,688 Founder/exe. Chair & Secretary $127,200 $110,776 2024
Re-made For A Purpose MO$139,035 Director $30,900 $31,718 2024
Northeast District Council Of The Opcmia NY$139,071 Fund Administrator $60,518 $51,632 2025

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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Jennifer Meek Eells) 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 107 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,000 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.