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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gardner Chamber Of Commerce Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480854515
KS · NTEE Y11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Leib, Executive Director / CEO ($83,798) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 195 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: Jason Leib — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

195 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 195 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$84 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,282,076 $83,798
$1,31910th
$4,18925th
$12,390Median
$33,64775th
$57,84890th
$83,798This org · 93rd
p10$1,319
p25$4,189
p50$12,390
p75$33,647
p90$57,848
$83,798

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 KS 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
The Dalles Lodge No 2075 Loyal Order Of Moose OR$249,125 Administrator $17,800 $14,906 2025
Putnam County Convention & Visitors WV$249,104 Executive Di $50,000 $50,111 2024
Nanticoke Aerie No 834 Fraternal Order Of Eagles PA$248,010 Secretary $18,970 $17,511 2024
Venice Cemetery Assn OH$247,636 Bookkeeper $29,900 $29,314 2024
Cost Of Living Fund Of Local 274 NJ$250,755 Trustee $130,484 $105,059 2025
Natick Bpoe #1425 MA$247,339 Clerk $6,865 $5,563 2025
Woodbridge Pba Local #38 Inc NJ$251,255 President $7,000 $5,956 2023
Stroud Township Volunteer Fire PA$246,665 Secretary $2,400 $2,215 2024
Policemen's Benevolent Association NJ$246,073 President $2,000 $1,653 2024
Catholic Cemeteries Of Waterloo IA$254,719 Superintende $48,374 $49,028 2024
Rural Cemetery Assoc Of Hornellsville N Y NY$255,410 President $100 $84 2024
Foxfield Preserve Inc OH$256,991 Executive Director $16,691 $16,364 2024
Center Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Co PA$259,036 President $10,840 $10,006 2024
National Open Horse Show Association TX$238,807 Executive Dir. $5,408 $5,007 2024
Brockport Lodge No 2110 Benevolent NY$238,390 Secretary $5,900 $4,935 2024
Nj State Parole Officers Pba Local #326 NJ$260,065 President $2,800 $2,314 2024
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer ID$238,175 Director $21,399 $21,071 2024
New Jersey State Policemens 36 NJ$237,886 President $2,750 $2,340 2023
Public Service Health Club TX$237,782 Treasurer $5,905 $5,629 2023
Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 67 UT$236,916 Secretary $2,723 $2,513 2025
Local 305 Npmhu Welfare Benefit Trust VA$261,618 Trustee $10,000 $8,937 2024
Rockford Police Relief Association IL$261,632 President $1,010 $919 2024
Veovera Software Organization CA$262,483 President $9,594 $7,668 2024
Hbs Healthcare Alumni Association Inc MA$235,725 Executive Director $101,885 $87,250 2023
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Lodge 1106 PA$262,556 Secretary $3,800 $3,417 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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), adjusted82nd

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 (Jason Leib) 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 195 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,798 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.