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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Black Professional Lobbyist Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843009095
AL · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Frankie Robertson, Executive Director / CEO ($32,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 327 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

327 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 327 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,090 $32,500
$9,92910th
$29,94525th
$52,758Median
$71,49775th
$98,99290th
$32,500This org · 27th
p10$9,929
p25$29,945
p50$52,758
p75$71,497
p90$98,992
$32,500

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 AL 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
Utah Petroleum Marketers UT$178,928 State Execut $69,000 $63,493 2024
Bell Buckle Chamber Of Commerce TN$178,004 President $6,000 $5,525 2025
Greene County Economic Development Corp IN$179,871 Executive Director $71,087 $67,400 2024
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild Inc GA$177,836 Executive Di $78,600 $71,055 2024
International Federation Of Dental Hygienists MD$177,618 President $13,900 $12,029 2023
Window Coverings Association Of Ame NC$177,588 Ed $86,120 $82,368 2023
Rogersville-hawkins Co Chamber Of Commerce Inc TN$177,576 Exec Dirctor $76,223 $72,035 2024
Dane Buy Local Inc WI$177,451 Executive Di $15,231 $14,724 2023
Nodaway County Economic Development Corp MO$176,631 Executive Director $100,011 $98,050 2023
St Bernard Chamber Of Commerce LA$181,286 Ceo $60,833 $60,226 2024
Mountain Laurel Chamber Of Commerce PA$182,329 Executive Director $34,798 $31,200 2024
Texas Business Roundtable TX$182,354 Exec Director $66,000 $61,111 2023
Alexandria Bay Chamber Of Commerce Inc NY$175,230 Executive Director $57,100 $46,390 2024
The Hundred Year Association Of Ny Inc CT$182,749 President $35,250 $29,716 2024
Prescott Downtown Partnership Inc AZ$174,908 Executive Dir. $45,175 $39,061 2024
Adult Day Health Care Council Inc NY$183,162 Executive Director $7,024 $5,706 2024
Acec-ri American Council Of RI$183,283 Executive Di $75,000 $66,568 2023
Home Builders Association Of Hickory-catawba Valley Inc NC$183,432 Executive Officer $56,782 $54,308 2023
Butler County Medical Society OH$183,653 Exec Assistant $15,000 $14,284 2024
Small Business Council Of America Inc GA$173,977 Secretary $9,000 $8,376 2023
Delaware Food Industry Council DE$173,788 Executive Director $158,583 $139,607 2024
Medical Toxicology Foundation AZ$185,030 Executive Director/board M $39,714 $34,340 2024
Colorado Civil Justice League CO$185,106 Executive Director $77,000 $68,343 2023
Midlands Business Leadership Group SC$185,522 Executive Di $95,677 $89,741 2024
West Plains Chamber Of Commerce WA$171,397 Executive Director $71,610 $57,643 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Frankie Robertson) 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 327 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,500 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.