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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811519662
AK · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Markie Shiflea, Executive Director / CEO ($39,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,581 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,938 $39,300
$9,53810th
$15,97525th
$39,239Median
$59,90375th
$73,63490th
$39,300This org · 50th
p10$9,538
p25$15,975
p50$39,239
p75$59,903
p90$73,634
$39,300

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 AK 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
Washington Contract Firefighters Association WA$92,115 President / Instructor $9,870 $9,516 2023
Escambia County Medical Society FL$92,289 Executive Director $66,000 $64,852 2024
Bizworks Enterprise Center VA$90,466 Executive Director $65,048 $64,000 2025
Grow Spink Inc SD$89,853 Executive Director $48,000 $57,047 2023
Davis Chamber Of Commerce OK$94,341 Director $37,040 $42,661 2024
Namc-dallas Fortworth Chapter Inc TX$88,494 President $14,000 $15,081 2023
Black Wall Street Chamber Of Commerce OK$96,670 President/ceo $55,666 $74,216 2021
Quad City Painting Industry IA$97,442 Executive Director $4,500 $5,306 2023
Mid-atlantic Nato Inc MD$97,513 Executive Director $71,874 $68,472 2025
Professional Advocacy Association Of TX$97,675 Sec/exec Director $23,500 $25,314 2023
Tri State Stone Operators Association Inc WV$97,750 Secretary & Trainer $36,000 $41,974 2023
Dealercpa Network Inc NY$85,900 Executive Director $28,800 $28,025 2023
Fruitland Chamber Of Commerce Inc ID$98,710 Executive Dir. $44,368 $50,827 2023
Medical Board Of Nyp Bmh Corp NY$98,715 Pres $52,000 $50,600 2023
Oak Harbor Area Chamber Of Commerce OH$99,270 Exec Director $9,833 $10,893 2024
Montana Avenue Merchant Association CA$83,773 Treasurer $1,750 $1,581 2024
Commercial Space Progress NM$83,608 Ceo And Director $42,914 $48,278 2024
Governmental Purchasing Association NJ$100,656 Executive Dir. $4,500 $4,327 2023
Tx Assoc Of Mexican American Chambers Of Commerce TX$82,485 President/ceo $35,600 $37,248 2024
Monitor Inc DC$81,986 Director, Co-chairman $154,006 $145,533 2023
National Independent Talent Organization CA$81,184 Executive Dir. $49,998 $45,158 2024
Federation Of Mental Health Services Inc NY$81,000 Presdent $19,200 $18,683 2023
Ohio High School Bowling Coaches OH$80,612 Executive Di $29,400 $31,731 2025
Lower Santa Cruz River Allianceinc AZ$80,000 President Ce $52,500 $54,372 2023
Northwestern Showmen's Club OR$79,706 Secretary $9,000 $8,742 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Markie Shiflea) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,300 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.