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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alabama Capital Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874355000
AL · NTEE S43
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Benzamin Choi, Executive Director / CEO ($114,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,091 $114,000
$17,48410th
$33,64125th
$73,226Median
$101,11875th
$125,55790th
$114,000This org · 81st
p10$17,484
p25$33,641
p50$73,226
p75$101,118
p90$125,557
$114,000

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
Kukolu HI$435,911 Executive Dir. $125,462 $100,991 2024
Piedmont Business Capital NC$446,116 Executive Director Ceo $132,440 $123,035 2024
Startup Hutch Inc KS$448,635 Program Director $86,659 $84,173 2024
Ab Community Inc NC$406,875 Executive Director $86,875 $83,090 2023
Eastern American Economic NJ$406,656 President $98,670 $79,206 2024
Xlr8x HI$454,613 President/exec Dir $114,357 $94,771 2023
Boomin University TN$455,664 Board Member $36,538 $33,641 2025
Sync Space Entrepreneur Center TN$456,808 President, Ed $124,800 $114,903 2025
Marietta Welcome Center Inc GA$458,815 Executive Director $64,453 $59,987 2023
Mnsbir Inc MN$464,536 President And Ceo $148,382 $131,822 2024
International Union Uaw Local 1284 MI$393,983 President $8,831 $8,196 2024
Macomb County Community Dispute MI$466,668 Manager $108,963 $101,118 2024
Anti Entropy TX$393,476 President $65,000 $62,653 2022
The Biotechnology Incubator At Nymc Inc NY$389,283 President, Ceo & Trustee $268,885 $224,904 2023
Adventist Health Policy Association FL$381,710 President $16,962 $14,750 2023
Madison Village For Advanced GA$380,784 Executive Dir. $29,167 $26,367 2024
Black Wall Street Business Center OK$379,211 President & Ceo $19,500 $19,306 2024
Pollylabs Foundation NY$489,188 President & Executive Director $71,604 $58,174 2024
The Warehouse Business Accelerator CO$370,791 Executive Dir. $80,032 $71,034 2023
Beta Group MN$489,970 Executive Director $105,664 $93,872 2024
Iowa Center Loan Fund IA$369,185 President $9,756 $9,357 2025
Growco Columbia Inc SC$367,881 Executive Director $101,778 $95,464 2024
Womens Venture Fund Inc NY$366,243 President & Ceo $159,200 $129,340 2024
Latin American Economic Development NJ$494,539 President & Ceo $117,378 $94,223 2024
Nonprofit Solutions CA$361,828 Executive Director $89,238 $71,327 2023

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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Benzamin Choi) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $114,000 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.