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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Delaware Community Development Corporati

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510257372
DE · NTEE S30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Daniels, Executive Director / CEO ($76,287) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,254 total compensation of comparable organizations → $172,838 $76,287
$11,12910th
$23,47925th
$51,753Median
$76,09675th
$93,04590th
$76,287This org · 75th
p10$11,129
p25$23,479
p50$51,753
p75$76,096
p90$93,045
$76,287

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 DE 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
Bricker Price Block Restoration Corporation IA$169,197 Executive Director $63,423 $68,887 2024
Downtown Hays Development Corporation KS$171,029 Executive Director $63,414 $69,967 2023
Circular Philadelphia PA$173,164 Board Member $38,556 $39,268 2023
Retail Advancement Fund VA$175,000 President/ceo $21,211 $20,316 2024
Vermillion Cultural Association SD$164,175 Executive Director $34,002 $37,225 2024
Forward Brunswick Inc GA$164,154 Executive Director $80,500 $80,292 2024
Southeastern Vermont Economic VT$176,768 Executive Director $4,455 $4,580 2023
Richfield Tourism Promotion Board Inc MN$162,171 Executive Director $56,500 $55,381 2024
Grundy Livingston Kankakee IL$162,110 Executive Di $74,849 $72,996 2024
Community Sustainability Enterprise Inc GA$161,800 Executive Director $72,645 $74,598 2023
California Urban Partnership CA$178,480 President & Ceo $82,000 $72,314 2023
Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation CO$178,950 Executive Director $80,000 $76,096 2024
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance MN$181,975 Founder Board Member $71,030 $67,829 2025
Gallatin Valley Foundation For Economic MT$182,243 Executive Dir $12,546 $13,415 2024
Sustain Blaine Inc ID$182,961 Executive Director $110,000 $116,079 2024
The Quilt Corporation Nfp Inc IL$183,028 President $11,700 $11,410 2024
North Central Enterprise Inc PA$156,183 Executive Director $9,175 $9,344 2023
Lincoln County Economic WA$154,537 Executive Director $64,043 $55,412 2025
Piedmont Triad Film Commission NC$153,193 Executive Director $84,498 $86,609 2024
The Foundation Of The Economic PA$149,605 President $23,734 $23,479 2024
Keyah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance NM$190,416 Chief Executive Officer $60,500 $64,549 2024
Blades Economic Development Corporation DE$190,730 Dockmaster $19,200 $18,649 2024
Chautauqua Opportunities For NY$191,315 Ceo $20,241 $18,143 2024
Sky City Initiative Inc TN$147,097 Executive Director $48,936 $52,533 2023
Rolla Regional Economic Commission MO$145,282 Executive Dir. $34,500 $37,319 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE cost of living and 2023 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 DE 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (David Daniels) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,287 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.