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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Amani Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621745187
TN · NTEE S81
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Chinchen, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1774 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,774 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,774 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$198 total compensation of comparable organizations → $639,018 $18,000
$17,40410th
$44,64925th
$72,794Median
$102,04875th
$142,07090th
$18,000This org · 10th
p10$17,404
p25$44,649
p50$72,794
p75$102,048
p90$142,070
$18,000

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 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
Economic Development Council TX$401,483 Executive Di $243,933 $232,138 2024
Stuart Main Street Assoc Inc FL$401,086 Executive Director $66,090 $59,066 2024
The Villages Community Development Corp MI$401,574 Executive Director $73,034 $71,716 2024
The Wow Center Inc NJ$401,696 President $53,864 $47,104 2023
Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute AK$400,877 Executive Director $100,059 $91,007 2024
Conference On Asian Pacific American Leadership DC$401,759 Managing Director $86,744 $74,556 2023
Hartselle Area Chamber Of Commerce AL$401,838 President & Ceo $42,772 $45,258 2023
Fp2 Inc IL$401,909 Executive Director $80,000 $74,823 2024
Charlotte Community Toolbank Inc NC$400,636 Executive Dir. $84,975 $85,997 2023
Whitestone Community Association AK$402,005 Secretary $13,824 $12,573 2024
The Montgomery Institute MS$402,323 President $52,000 $55,097 2024
Holy Ghost Association Inc MA$402,345 Asst Treasurer $18,221 $16,037 2023
Waukesha County Center For Growth Inc WI$400,269 Executive Director $174,758 $173,632 2024
San Diego Military Advisory Council CA$402,363 President & Ceo $100,000 $84,576 2023
Historic Hillsboro Downtown Partnership OR$402,408 Executive Director $44,219 $38,059 2025
Princeton Business Partnership NJ$402,438 Executive Director $116,642 $99,076 2024
Forest City Food Collective OH$400,126 Executive Director $70,200 $68,911 2025
Industry Council For Emergency Response DC$402,605 Executive Director $223,321 $191,943 2023
Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance CO$402,621 Executive Director $62,141 $58,361 2023
Oregon Chiropractic Association OR$399,982 Executive Di $63,029 $57,330 2023
Wenatchee Downtown Association WA$402,652 Executive Director $83,932 $71,489 2024
Vernon Economic Development WI$402,740 Executive Director $88,080 $87,512 2024
Trend Community Development Corporation IL$399,854 Coo $107,965 $103,961 2023
Boise Farmers Market Inc ID$402,996 Executive Director $81,650 $82,633 2024
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $66,361 2023

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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Rebecca Chinchen) 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 1774 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.