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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Meta Mesh Wireless Communities

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475465911
PA · NTEE A30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Colby Hollabaugh, Executive Director / CEO ($63,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 345 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

345 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 345 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $447,006 $63,077
$3,43110th
$8,65925th
$19,204Median
$34,29875th
$51,21890th
$63,077This org · 94th
p10$3,431
p25$8,659
p50$19,204
p75$34,298
p90$51,218
$63,077

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 PA 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
Playing On Air Inc NY$71,866 Officer $60,641 $56,572 2023
Women Shoah-jewish Placemaking NC$71,779 Executive Director $39,930 $41,373 2024
Lc Windmill Inc WI$71,740 Principal Employee $1,800 $1,885 2024
Central European History Society GA$72,068 Editor Of Ce $1,000 $1,039 2023
Patriot Art Foundation SC$72,104 Executive Director $71,700 $75,008 2024
The Jaques Art Center MN$72,111 Executive As $10,573 $10,476 2024
Tri Lakes Center For The Arts CO$71,496 Executive Director $23,885 $22,966 2024
Phoenix Womens Chorus AZ$71,318 Ex Officio $15,500 $14,562 2025
Chamber Music Society Of MN$72,513 Executive Di $27,500 $27,248 2024
Fcd Chinese School Inc NJ$71,243 Principal $13,660 $12,230 2024
Manatee Concert Band Inc FL$70,972 Music Direct $8,900 $8,384 2024
Russian Chamber Art Society VA$70,860 Treasurer, Director $3,500 $3,489 2023
C Grier Beam Truck Museum NC$73,082 Secretary $36,400 $37,715 2024
Kairos Dance Theater Inc MA$73,305 President $13,960 $12,579 2024
Tomah Area Historical Society Inc WI$73,348 Ex Director $20,000 $21,564 2023
Ardmore Little Theatre Inc OK$70,420 Office Staff $15,631 $17,770 2023
Appelo Archives Center WA$73,356 Administration $23,914 $22,104 2023
Native American Guardians Association ND$73,458 President $3,200 $3,521 2024
Canto Vocal Programs A New York Nonprofit Corporation NY$70,305 Ceo $800 $725 2024
Promoting Wellness Foundation MI$70,229 Treasurer/se $20,000 $20,701 2024
Slaton Railroad Heritage TX$73,571 Executive Director $24,321 $24,396 2024
Saints Hall Of Fame Inc LA$73,591 General Manager $38,364 $41,269 2025
Belmar Arts Council Inc NJ$70,101 Administrator $14,580 $13,054 2024
Indian Horizon Of Florida Inc FL$73,681 President $25,000 $24,246 2023
Missouri Veterinary Medical MO$70,046 Executive Di $3,473 $3,689 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Colby Hollabaugh) 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 345 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,077 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.