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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bbb Center For Ethics

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510548777
OH · NTEE S80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jocile Ehrlich, Executive Director / CEO ($16,565) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jocile Ehrlich — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$250 total compensation of comparable organizations → $170,694 $16,565
$2,50010th
$8,14525th
$20,485Median
$50,68175th
$78,89290th
$16,565This org · 42nd
p10$2,500
p25$8,145
p50$20,485
p75$50,681
p90$78,892
$16,565

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
Cb Cares Educational Foundation PA$17,759 Executive Director (Until Sept 2022) $10,995 $10,658 2023
The Texas Society Of Acofp TX$17,031 Executive Director $15,000 $14,167 2024
American Board Of Sleep Medicine IL$17,021 Executive Director $89,450 $83,028 2024
American Dairy Association Of Alabama GA$16,995 Vice President $263 $250 2024
Student Dream NY$18,441 President $10,100 $8,395 2025
North Coast Waterfront Development OH$18,496 Executive Director $170,167 $170,167 2024
Williamsport Ballpark Inc PA$18,692 President/ce $43,001 $40,487 2024
Arlington Chamber Of Commerce TX$20,048 President/ce $28,511 $26,927 2024
The National Association Of Spine IL$14,727 Executive Director $21,964 $20,387 2024
Winchester Economic Development Corp NH$14,675 Executive Director $15,864 $14,239 2023
Sapiens Management Corporation TX$20,328 Head Of School - Effective $50,904 $49,496 2023
Rebelawn Realty Inc KY$20,350 President $6,119 $6,207 2024
Up Business Capital MI$20,354 President, B $17,569 $17,121 2024
Mineral County Economic MT$14,389 Director $24,419 $25,586 2023
Petpals Of Southern New Jersey Inc NJ$14,302 Executive Director $20,800 $18,051 2023
Tunkhannock Business And PA$21,032 Director $13,532 $12,741 2024
Opportunities Ventures Inc VT$13,901 President & Ceo $14,195 $13,888 2023
Cmh Ii Holding Co MD$13,483 Ceo - Retired 2/23 $187,831 $170,694 2023
Southeast Raleigh Community NC$21,505 Chair $27,000 $26,340 2024
J Bennett Johnston Science Foundation LA$21,594 Director $58,114 $60,417 2024
Nhs Ii Properties Llc PA$12,920 President/ceo $55,952 $54,237 2023
Laborers Local 663 Property Inc MO$22,253 President $62,138 $63,973 2023
Oakland Development Fund PA$22,503 Executive Director $4,900 $4,614 2024
Monclova Historical Foundation OH$22,924 Executive Di $41,138 $41,138 2024
John G Watson Foundation CA$11,844 President $30,000 $25,181 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 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 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Jocile Ehrlich) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,565 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.