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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Change Is Possible (Chips) Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621519383
TN · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carolyn Mcamis, Executive Director / CEO ($88,219) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 222 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

222 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 222 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$756 total compensation of comparable organizations → $467,767 $88,219
$14,03810th
$39,71825th
$62,732Median
$88,82175th
$120,89690th
$88,219This org · 74th
p10$14,038
p25$39,718
p50$62,732
p75$88,821
p90$120,896
$88,219

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
1807 Clinton Housing Development Fund NY$480,465 President/ceo $50,896 $46,238 2023
The Thirteen DC$475,693 Artistic Director $45,500 $40,141 2023
Seg Advanced Modeling Corporation OK$473,998 Secretary $23,143 $25,620 2023
Lewis H Latimer Fund Inc NY$473,577 Executive Dir. $85,539 $75,480 2024
Central Mediation Center NE$471,494 Executive Di $93,403 $98,101 2024
The June L Mazer Lesbian Archives CA$467,980 Director $32,880 $27,725 2024
Indian Dispute Resolution Services Inc CA$490,098 Executive Dir. $118,429 $102,812 2023
Palmtrail Inc FL$466,887 Ceo $10,000 $9,174 2024
Charles Crest Ii Corporation CO$490,823 Director $37,575 $35,184 2024
Fear For Breakfast CA$466,639 Executive Director $67,835 $57,200 2024
Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation HI$465,340 Executive Director $85,448 $76,912 2023
On-ramps To Careers Inc DC$464,875 Managing Director $100,117 $85,793 2024
Steuben Community Properties Inc NY$463,904 Executive Director $25,894 $22,849 2024
Iowa Credit Union Foundation IA$494,711 Executive Director $94,952 $104,524 2023
Team Yakima Volleyball WA$461,073 Executive Director $76,928 $67,257 2024
Friends Of The Sharon Art Studio CA$459,628 Executive Dir. $89,958 $75,855 2024
San Francisco Interfaith Council CA$498,656 Executive Direc $180,872 $152,517 2024
Bay Area Bike Project CA$458,203 Board Member $25,250 $21,921 2023
Project Fit America CA$499,390 Executive Dir. $14,400 $12,142 2024
Seeds Of Learning CA$457,240 Executive Dir. $94,825 $79,959 2024
Rural Community Development Resources WA$500,419 Executive Director $114,650 $107,429 2022
Highline Heritage Museum WA$456,861 Executive Director $77,956 $68,156 2024
Hope Enterprises Foundation Inc PA$501,592 President/ceo $11,759 $11,156 2025
Higher Aim NE$502,777 President $30,000 $31,509 2024
Lundberg Association WA$454,786 President $535,028 $467,767 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Carolyn Mcamis) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 222 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,219 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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 10, 2026.