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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Unicoi County Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 620864982
TN · NTEE S40
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Delp, Executive Director / CEO ($70,426) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,929 total compensation of comparable organizations → $311,265 $70,426
$20,46710th
$47,06325th
$69,681Median
$97,21575th
$125,38990th
$70,426This org · 52nd
p10$20,467
p25$47,063
p50$69,681
p75$97,215
p90$125,389
$70,426

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 TN 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
South 27th Street Business WI$214,468 Executive Dir. $66,000 $65,575 2024
Florida Design And Construction Professionals Inc FL$211,348 Co-chair $67,359 $60,200 2024
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance DC$211,229 Executive Director - Former $166,028 $138,606 2024
North Dakota Livestock Alliance ND$215,195 Executive Di $100,557 $102,277 2025
Oswego Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$218,743 Executive Direc $72,726 $70,029 2023
Hibernian Building Association Of MA$218,829 Clerk $15,813 $13,519 2024
Lakeshore Realtors Association Inc WI$222,401 Executive Director $73,405 $72,932 2024
Tech Bloc TX$203,547 Ceo $16,219 $15,891 2023
Automobile Dealers Association Of KS$224,223 Chief Exec. $310,865 $311,265 2025
International Public Safety Institute NH$201,077 Secretary/treasurer $54,000 $47,436 2024
Dakota Institute For Business And SD$227,434 Ceo $159,655 $172,580 2023
Cuero Chamber Of Commerce & Agriculture TX$228,896 Executive Director $49,323 $46,938 2024
Massachusetts Facilities Admin Association Inc MA$229,578 Treasurer $11,875 $10,152 2024
Economic Club Of Kansas City KS$229,708 President And Executive Director $57,500 $59,097 2024
Pittsburgh Region Clean Citiesinc PA$235,011 Executive Di $53,014 $50,295 2024
Florida Justice Association FL$190,296 President/secretary $18,495 $16,529 2024
National Utilities Diversity Council Inc CA$237,185 Executive Director $75,000 $61,612 2024
Ypo Wild West Regional Chapter Inc TX$237,394 Chapter Manager $82,875 $81,197 2023
Egyptian Association Of Plumbing IL$187,230 Executive Di $32,250 $30,163 2024
Better Business Bureau Education NE$185,980 President/ceo $102,708 $108,198 2023
Greater Fort Lauderdale Transportation FL$185,216 Executive Director $127,589 $114,029 2024
Big Apple Greeter Inc NY$184,029 Executive Director $60,045 $51,619 2024
Westwater Financial Inc CA$183,506 Executive Director $78,049 $64,117 2024
Maine Asphalt Pavement Association ME$244,900 Executive Director $39,500 $37,629 2024
Virginia Heartland Regional Economic Development Alliance VA$245,437 Executive Director $24,757 $22,155 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Amanda Delp) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,426 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.