Compensation Comparability

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gisele Fetterman, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 143 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42^nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

Distribution of comparable compensation

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 PA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Main Street Greenwood Inc	MS	$154,618	$46,163	990
The Good Deed Project	NV	$155,782	$39,756	990
Florida Alliance For Community Solutions Inc	FL	$155,796	$44,094	990
The Advance Community Outreach Center Inc	FL	$152,939	$3,325	990
Aqus Community Foundation	CA	$152,866	$32,688	990
Peacedale Global Arts Inc	NY	$157,222	$28,060	990
Alamogordo Main Street	NM	$157,250	$51,093	990
Racine Revitalization Partnership Inc	WI	$151,925	$79,835	990
Desour Valley Edc Inc	ND	$151,738	$5,665	990
Serverie	PA	$151,244	$94,567	990
Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc	OH	$150,982	$77,040	990
Main Street Martinsburg Inc	WV	$160,986	$73,075	990
Acres Home Chamber For Business And	TX	$161,208	$24,785	990
Community Foundation Of Grant County	IN	$148,126	$54,482	990
Wilmington Works Inc	VT	$161,614	$42,946	990
Sac Economic & Tourism Development	IA	$161,772	$71,781	990
The Greater Beloit Economic Development	WI	$161,789	$42,197	990
Brewery District Community Urban Redeveloment Corporation	OH	$162,110	$67,295	990
Action Baybrook Inc	MD	$147,421	$13,685	990
Abayomi Community Development	MI	$162,260	$62,102	990
Cambridge Main Street Inc	MD	$164,326	$63,096	990
Willow Apts Group Home Inc	KY	$164,382	$62,508	990
Downtown Natchez Alliance	MS	$164,494	$44,212	990
Central Florida Utility & Transport Contractors Association Inc	FL	$144,559	$35,514	990
Into The Field	OH	$166,593	$3,717	990

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 PA 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:

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

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	42^nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	41^st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	45^th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	38^th

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Gisele Fetterman) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 143 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 42^nd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].