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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Texarkana

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710683066
TX · NTEE S41Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ina M Mcdowell, Executive Director / CEO ($60,320) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ina M Mcdowell — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,500 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,237 $60,320
$11,71610th
$27,38125th
$55,729Median
$74,94475th
$102,40690th
$60,320This org · 53rd
p10$11,716
p25$27,381
p50$55,729
p75$74,944
p90$102,406
$60,320

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 TX 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
Orange Chamber Of Commerce TX$227,908 President & Ceo $77,218 $77,218 2024
The Texas Cotton Association TX$231,903 Exec Vice Pres $63,000 $63,000 2024
Desoto Chamber Of Commerce TX$232,518 Presidentceo $60,000 $61,772 2023
Asc Inc TX$241,661 Ceo $103,437 $103,437 2024
National Association Of Certified TX$216,295 Executive Dir. $100,000 $100,000 2024
Unitedc3 Inc TX$209,835 Co-executive Director $63,450 $65,324 2023
Alafave Inc TX$209,157 Executive Director $54,000 $54,000 2024
Alamo Angels TX$250,232 Executive Director $16,360 $16,843 2023
Association Of Extremity Nerve Surgeons TX$202,068 Director $53,722 $55,309 2023
Fort Davis Chamber Of Commerce TX$194,789 Executive Director $13,770 $14,177 2023
South Congress Improvement Assoc TX$263,862 Executive Di $40,048 $40,048 2024
Gillespie County Economic TX$264,944 Executive Director $150,907 $150,907 2024
Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association TX$266,057 Executive Director $84,518 $87,014 2023
Theatre Owners Of Mid-america TX$269,538 Executive Director $52,684 $54,240 2023
Camara De Comercio Hispana TX$187,890 Executive Di $24,122 $24,122 2024
Truckers Service Association TX$273,129 President $1,500 $1,500 2024
Texas Business Roundtable TX$182,354 Exec Director $66,000 $67,949 2023
Invest Texas Council TX$285,000 Director $10,000 $10,295 2023
Cen-tex Hispanic Chamber Of Comm TX$285,750 Presedent/ceo $75,315 $75,315 2024
Accessibility Professionals Association TX$288,892 Executive Director $75,108 $77,326 2023
Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce TX$168,188 President $50,601 $50,601 2024
Texas Organization Of Residential Care Homes TX$167,246 Secretary $61,962 $61,962 2024
Texas Alternative Investments Association Inc TX$163,149 Secretary $10,661 $10,661 2024
Greater East Dallas Chamber Of Commerce TX$162,675 Executive Staff $39,900 $41,079 2023
Ellinger Chamber Of Commerce TX$161,046 Director $3,600 $3,600 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Ina M Mcdowell) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,320 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.