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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Deland Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 592628018
FL · NTEE S200
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wayne Carter, Executive Director / CEO ($48,596) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 309 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

309 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 309 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$650 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,510 $48,596
$19,59010th
$38,82725th
$68,430Median
$88,00475th
$121,05790th
$48,596This org · 30th
p10$19,590
p25$38,827
p50$68,430
p75$88,004
p90$121,057
$48,596

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 FL 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
Midtown Greenway Coalition MN$349,180 Executive Director $76,641 $80,613 2024
Makers Collective SC$349,248 Executive Dir. $20,400 $22,655 2024
Pike Township Educational Foundation IN$351,107 Executive Dir. $38,608 $42,223 2025
Booc Inc IL$352,023 Executive Director $94,576 $98,975 2024
One Horizon Institute Inc KY$344,308 President And Board Chair $140,171 $160,306 2024
Civic Results CO$353,127 Former Principal $100,673 $105,794 2023
Main Street Gloucester Preservation VA$343,631 Executive Director $53,872 $55,370 2024
Kodiak Community Support Inc AK$353,699 President 2023 $35,789 $36,422 2024
Mount Vernon Downtown Association WA$342,231 Executive Dir. $78,678 $74,983 2024
Dimplez 4 Dayz Incorporated PA$355,232 Executive Director $77,000 $84,152 2023
Old Takoma Business Association Inc MD$341,440 Executive Di $101,487 $103,983 2023
Columbus Organizing Project OH$355,451 Lead Organizer $78,901 $88,957 2024
Miami Childrens Initiative Inc FL$341,089 President Ceo $110,434 $113,696 2023
Rogue Valley Food System Network OR$341,087 Executive Director $88,931 $87,912 2024
The Louisiana Center Against Poverty Inc LA$356,129 Executive Director $55,530 $67,011 2023
Brighton Main Streets Inc MA$340,554 Executive Director $65,005 $60,578 2025
St Jude Great Commission Community Development Cor FL$340,550 Pceo $16,322 $16,322 2024
Austin African American Business Network Nfp IL$356,485 President $55,916 $60,246 2023
86th Street Bay Ridge District NY$340,050 Executive Direc $60,660 $56,844 2025
Core Services Group Inc NY$357,047 Vp Of General Coun $108,776 $107,722 2023
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance CO$357,575 Executive Director $152,897 $156,064 2024
Virginia Park Community Investment Associates Inc MI$357,592 President $3,600 $3,955 2024
Conference Of Western Wayne MI$357,625 Executive Director $124,206 $136,468 2024
Beloit 2020 Corporation WI$358,017 Ceo $48,000 $53,362 2024
Southern Boulevard District NY$358,177 Executive Di $82,308 $77,131 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Wayne Carter) 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 309 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,596 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.