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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Washington African American Chamber Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873912785
WA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-11-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chaune Hurt, Executive Director / CEO ($10,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,954 total compensation of comparable organizations → $94,703 $10,500
$12,53410th
$22,38825th
$36,000Median
$50,15275th
$66,90390th
$10,500This org · 11th
p10$12,534
p25$22,388
p50$36,000
p75$50,152
p90$66,903
$10,500

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 WA 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
Ministries Of Pastoral Care Inc WA$200,458 President $43,116 $41,879 2024
Nest Mission WA$187,316 Director $20,000 $19,426 2024
Crisis Clinic Of Thurston & Mason WA$182,022 Executive Director $66,000 $66,000 2023
Jean Kim Foundation For Homeless Education WA$228,556 Secretary $12,600 $14,167 2021
Bainbridge Island Special Needs WA$233,396 Executive Dir. $58,735 $57,050 2024
Pine Lake Community Club Inc WA$157,055 Operations Director $36,000 $34,967 2024
Wishing Well Foundation WA$240,450 Executive Director $50,000 $48,566 2024
Pdx Saints Love WA$245,032 Executive Dir. $48,000 $48,000 2023
African Young Dreamers Empowerment Program Intl WA$245,049 Director $45,000 $45,000 2023
Adaptive And Inclusive Movement Initiative WA$246,292 Program Director $33,633 $32,668 2024
Oceania Northwest WA$147,892 Member $5,100 $4,954 2024
Bellingham Seafeast WA$250,180 Executive Director $72,600 $70,517 2024
Cascadia Clubhouse WA$138,837 Executive Director $22,521 $21,875 2024
Seniors Creating Art WA$261,138 Executive Director $36,958 $35,898 2024
Kaleidoscope Community Services Inc WA$267,220 Executive Dir. $23,577 $22,901 2024
World Impact Network WA$269,209 Executive Dir. $97,500 $94,703 2024
Compassion Washington WA$269,399 Executive Dir. $36,000 $36,000 2023
Mineral Lake Lions Foundation WA$281,503 Vice President $6,000 $6,000 2023
Foundation For Multicultural Solutions WA$292,882 Executive Director $51,738 $51,738 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Chaune Hurt) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,500 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.