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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Economic Club Of Kansas City

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861147091
KS · NTEE S40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Hawley Rose, Executive Director / CEO ($57,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Hawley Rose — reported title “President and Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,796 total compensation of comparable organizations → $302,852 $57,500
$24,48210th
$46,15425th
$68,523Median
$94,72575th
$124,75090th
$57,500This org · 31st
p10$24,482
p25$46,154
p50$68,523
p75$94,725
p90$124,750
$57,500

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 KS 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
Massachusetts Facilities Admin Association Inc MA$229,578 Treasurer $11,875 $9,878 2024
Cuero Chamber Of Commerce & Agriculture TX$228,896 Executive Director $49,323 $45,669 2024
Dakota Institute For Business And SD$227,434 Ceo $159,655 $167,916 2023
Pittsburgh Region Clean Citiesinc PA$235,011 Executive Di $53,014 $48,936 2024
Automobile Dealers Association Of KS$224,223 Chief Exec. $310,865 $302,852 2025
Lakeshore Realtors Association Inc WI$222,401 Executive Director $73,405 $70,961 2024
National Utilities Diversity Council Inc CA$237,185 Executive Director $75,000 $59,947 2024
Ypo Wild West Regional Chapter Inc TX$237,394 Chapter Manager $82,875 $79,003 2023
Hibernian Building Association Of MA$218,829 Clerk $15,813 $13,153 2024
Oswego Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$218,743 Executive Direc $72,726 $68,136 2023
North Dakota Livestock Alliance ND$215,195 Executive Di $100,557 $99,513 2025
Maine Asphalt Pavement Association ME$244,900 Executive Director $39,500 $36,612 2024
South 27th Street Business WI$214,468 Executive Dir. $66,000 $63,802 2024
Virginia Heartland Regional Economic Development Alliance VA$245,437 Executive Director $24,757 $21,556 2025
Jefferson County Tourism Commission MO$245,774 Key Employee $61,250 $60,049 2024
Unicoi County Chamber Of Commerce TN$213,166 Executive Di $70,426 $68,523 2024
Florida Design And Construction Professionals Inc FL$211,348 Co-chair $67,359 $58,573 2024
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance DC$211,229 Executive Director - Former $166,028 $134,860 2024
Asociacion De Emprendedores CA$249,560 President $81,977 $67,458 2023
Massachusetts Brewers Guild Inc MA$251,223 Clerk/executive Director $133,656 $111,174 2024
National Tribal Gaming Commissioners WI$252,445 Executive Director $60,000 $59,715 2023
Sheet Metal Contractors Association PA$255,785 Executive Director $97,500 $90,000 2024
Tech Bloc TX$203,547 Ceo $16,219 $15,461 2023
Cybersecurity Association Inc MD$256,137 Executive Dir. $85,648 $76,308 2023
Carolina Loggers Association Inc NC$257,542 Executive Director $79,788 $76,312 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Amy Hawley Rose) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,500 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.