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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Atlanta Area Employees

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581167844
GA · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tracey Thornhill, Executive Director / CEO ($51,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 113 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tracey Thornhill — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

113 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 113 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$60 total compensation of comparable organizations → $248,875 $51,000
$2,70110th
$5,19025th
$9,616Median
$18,42475th
$64,23490th
$51,000This org · 88th
p10$2,701
p25$5,190
p50$9,616
p75$18,424
p90$64,234
$51,000

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 GA 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
United Mine Workers Of America Local 2300 PA$183,255 President $17,760 $17,614 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NY$184,706 President $18,292 $16,924 2023
American Federation Of Musicians NE$174,834 President $900 $963 2024
International Union East Moline U A W Building IL$171,669 President $3,296 $3,318 2023
Electrical Industry Drug-free Allia IL$190,884 Administrato $254,537 $248,875 2024
Roger Wiliams University Faculty Association Inc RI$170,551 President/negotiation Team $11,500 $11,291 2023
American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees IL$170,166 President $19,839 $19,971 2023
St Joseph Area Sheet Metal Workers MO$191,817 Coordinator $16,988 $18,424 2023
Hillsboro Police Officers' Association OR$192,040 President $9,450 $8,728 2024
Professional Staff Association NY$192,325 President $7,800 $7,010 2024
Green River United Faculty Coalition WA$193,722 Treasurer $8,766 $8,036 2023
Afge Tsa Local 1230 CA$167,733 President $5,006 $4,299 2024
Faculty Association Of Monmouth NJ$166,674 President $6,000 $5,190 2025
Sacramento County Administrative CA$166,621 President $13,600 $11,378 2025
Rescue Union Federation Of Teachers CA$195,711 President $4,000 $3,347 2025
Lowell Police Association Inc MA$196,598 President $10,500 $9,384 2024
Sheet Metal Workers Local No 3 NE$164,742 Financial Secretary $64,438 $68,929 2024
Long Beach Schools Employees Associ NY$197,143 President $5,259 $4,866 2023
Lynnwood Police Guild WA$197,432 President $14,473 $12,887 2024
Independent Soft Drink Workers OH$163,962 President $14,406 $15,624 2023
Seiu Local 721 Training Trust Fund CA$163,512 Trustee Chair $35,478 $30,468 2024
United Labor Properties Inc MI$198,318 President $85,492 $85,498 2025
Pantex Guards Union TX$198,838 President $10,570 $10,516 2024
The Steamfitting Industry Labor Management Cooperation Committee NY$161,422 Executive Administrator $70,808 $65,514 2023
International Assoc Of Fire TX$200,598 President $6,300 $6,268 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Tracey Thornhill) 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 113 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,000 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.