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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ports Association Of Louisiana

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721489366
LA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Marusak, Executive Director / CEO ($93,579) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 536 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

536 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 536 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $374,589 $93,579
$14,83210th
$39,54825th
$63,745Median
$89,12075th
$122,68290th
$93,579This org · 78th
p10$14,832
p25$39,548
p50$63,745
p75$89,120
p90$122,682
$93,579

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 LA 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
Medicinelouisiana Inc LA$285,959 Executive Director $253,855 $246,572 2024
Central Wisconsin Board Of Realtors Inc WI$285,838 Ceo $116,912 $107,703 2024
Cen-tex Hispanic Chamber Of Comm TX$285,750 Presedent/ceo $75,315 $66,456 2024
Iowa Brewers Guild IA$286,382 Executive Director $106,262 $99,987 2025
Evansville Regional Business Committee IN$285,032 President $116,700 $111,764 2023
Invest Texas Council TX$285,000 Director $10,000 $9,084 2023
Motion Palpation Institute Inc OH$287,259 President $15,000 $14,014 2024
National Archery Buyers Association MN$287,339 Executive Director $86,210 $77,361 2023
Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association FL$287,622 Executive Di $56,000 $47,776 2023
Small Business In Transportation FL$287,830 President $75,000 $63,986 2023
Arizona Craft Brewers Guild Inc AZ$288,025 Executive Director $55,000 $48,037 2023
Beckley Board Of Realtors Inc WV$288,077 Executive Of $25,217 $24,085 2024
O'brien County Economic Development IA$283,583 Exec Directo $94,272 $88,705 2025
Associated Minority Contractors Of AZ$283,342 President $126,300 $107,144 2024
Savannah Area Chamber Of Commerce GA$283,246 President $37,720 $33,455 2024
Accessibility Professionals Association TX$288,892 Executive Director $75,108 $68,231 2023
Medef International Washington - Dc Offi DC$282,567 Ceo $153,708 $118,980 2024
Boone Area Chamber Of Commerce IA$289,462 Executive Dir. $70,409 $68,004 2024
Wosa Export Marketing Ltd NY$282,317 Manager $136,390 $108,715 2024
Wellington Chamber Of Commerce Inc FL$289,708 Executive Director $108,276 $89,725 2024
Slag Cement Association MI$289,770 Director Of Finance $455 $414 2024
Ypo Patriot Gold Chapter Of The Young Presidents Organization Inc MA$282,000 Chapter Administrator $50,000 $38,612 2025
Boaz Chamber Of Commerce AL$290,474 Executive Di $53,942 $51,404 2024
Bellevue Chamber Of Commerce Incorporated NE$281,155 President / Ceo $97,005 $89,661 2025
Downtown Vacaville Business CA$290,813 Executive Dir. $81,415 $63,845 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA cost of living and 2023 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 LA 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Jennifer Marusak) 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 536 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,579 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.