Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Pae, Executive Director / CEO ($25,927) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 385 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Daniel Pae — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 OK cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Springs Area Chamber | MO | $196,002 | President | $47,525 | $46,922 | 2024 |
| Trussville Chamber Of Commerce | AL | $196,388 | Interim Director | $46,789 | $48,512 | 2023 |
| Pomerado Hospital Medical Staff | CA | $194,837 | Past Chief Of Staff | $62,000 | $51,380 | 2023 |
| Fort Davis Chamber Of Commerce | TX | $194,789 | Executive Director | $13,770 | $13,220 | 2023 |
| American Subcontractors Association Of O | OK | $197,551 | Executive Director | $64,174 | $67,818 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan Falls Chamber Main Street | WI | $194,417 | Executive Director | $53,563 | $52,145 | 2024 |
| Swedish Medical Center Medical | CO | $198,392 | President | $17,500 | $15,642 | 2024 |
| American Knife And Tool Institute Inc | WY | $193,706 | Executive Director | $55,800 | $55,699 | 2024 |
| The Village At Sherman Oaks Inc | CA | $198,810 | Executive Director | $12,000 | $9,944 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania State Assn Of County | PA | $199,332 | Secretary/tr | $20,125 | $18,708 | 2024 |
| Central New York Defense Alliance Ltd | NY | $199,533 | Secretary And Exec. Director Emeritus | $11,325 | $9,540 | 2024 |
| Red Oak Chamber And Industry Association Inc | IA | $192,644 | Secretary | $50,500 | $53,067 | 2023 |
| Tennessee Infrastructure Alliance | TN | $200,000 | Executive Director | $90,000 | $88,186 | 2024 |
| Digital Energy Council | DC | $200,000 | Board Member,exec Dir,president | $25,000 | $21,054 | 2023 |
| Green Motors Practices Group | ID | $191,962 | Executive Director | $64,000 | $63,465 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance | MI | $191,747 | Executive Di | $95,700 | $92,079 | 2024 |
| Association Of Health Care | MO | $200,730 | Executive Director | $5,416 | $5,506 | 2023 |
| Chemical Alliance Zone Inc | WV | $200,945 | Executive Director | $178,250 | $179,910 | 2024 |
| Mercer Area Chamber Of Commerce | WI | $190,955 | Executive Director | $52,696 | $51,301 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Badger Chapter Club Management | WI | $201,353 | Managing Director | $58,940 | $57,380 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Association Of | MA | $201,599 | Executive Di | $137,500 | $115,180 | 2024 |
| Virginia Beach Restaurant Association | VA | $190,615 | Executive Director | $68,383 | $63,367 | 2023 |
| North Coast Fishermens Cable Committee | CA | $201,795 | President | $4,319 | $3,476 | 2024 |
| Independent Electrical Contractors | CO | $201,942 | Executive Director | $124,001 | $110,838 | 2024 |
| Association Of Extremity Nerve Surgeons | TX | $202,068 | Director | $53,722 | $51,574 | 2023 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK cost of living and 2025 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 OK 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 20th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 19th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 22nd |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 18th |
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.
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
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.