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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maryland Chamber Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521557804
MD · NTEE B95Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Kane, Executive Director / CEO ($37,770) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1188 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mary Kane — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,188 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,188 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $471,997 $37,770
$7,49210th
$20,22125th
$40,690Median
$64,65475th
$92,55790th
$37,770This org · 47th
p10$7,492
p25$20,221
p50$40,690
p75$64,654
p90$92,557
$37,770

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 MD 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 Remnant Academy Inc TX$152,255 President $6,032 $6,454 2024
Bridge Of Grace Support Corporation IN$151,624 Board Chair $2,862 $3,228 2024
Early Leader Child Care Ministries Inc IN$152,455 President $15,800 $18,349 2023
Akademia Jana Pawla Ii - Polish NJ$151,444 Director $5,600 $5,348 2024
Wyoming Family Home Ownership WY$151,400 Prior Exec D $81,474 $93,318 2024
Valor Christian High School In ID$152,564 Secretary $10,782 $12,268 2024
Marylandonline Inc MD$152,573 Executive Director $94,542 $97,335 2023
The Derby Johnson Banks Foundation Inc GA$151,265 Secretary $48,890 $52,581 2024
Mustang Mockingbird Properties TX$151,250 President $85,562 $91,548 2024
Pinkney Innovation Complex For Science & MD$152,797 Executive Director $41,024 $42,236 2023
Iaapa Foundation FL$151,115 President And Ceo $41,231 $42,654 2023
Women Empowering Nations Inc OK$150,850 Executive Director $66,995 $78,907 2024
Hawaii Restaurant Association Educational Foundation HI$150,849 Executive Director $25,885 $24,789 2024
Readaloudorg OH$153,201 Executive Dir. $110,000 $124,619 2024
Waverly Free Library NY$150,719 Director $44,495 $43,006 2024
Military Intelligence Corps Association Inc AZ$150,680 Director Of Finance $34,131 $36,147 2023
School For Esoteric Studies Inc NC$150,630 Executive Director $30,090 $33,256 2024
Wonder Institute WY$153,430 Director Of Wonder Lab $91,875 $108,340 2023
Nyc Middle School Basketball League NY$150,513 Treasurer $30,000 $28,996 2024
Faces Of Valor Usa Inc MD$150,492 President & Ceo $50,000 $50,000 2024
Balanced Rock Foundation CA$153,486 Executive Director $81,638 $77,630 2023
Planetread CA$150,427 Director $148,019 $133,190 2025
Committee For Excellence In VA$153,577 Executive Di $24,000 $24,786 2024
Huaxia Chinese School At Montgomery Inc NJ$153,698 Board Member $1,280 $1,222 2024
Amazing Scholar Academy Preschool PA$150,206 Board Member-ex-officio, Non-voting $35,350 $38,820 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Mary Kane) 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 1188 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,770 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.