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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920484332
OH · NTEE S99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul Hemminger, Executive Director / CEO ($49,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 178 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

178 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 178 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,080 $49,300
$4,68010th
$13,25525th
$27,821Median
$45,12475th
$88,77990th
$49,300This org · 76th
p10$4,680
p25$13,255
p50$27,821
p75$45,124
p90$88,779
$49,300

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 OH 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
Cmh Holding Co MD$61,933 Ceo - Retired 2/23 $187,831 $165,797 2023
Seaside Downtown Development Association OR$62,351 Executive Director $46,344 $39,468 2024
Ketchikan Charr Inc AK$61,418 President $8,700 $7,627 2024
Healthy Communities Of Southern CA$62,998 Secretary $18,564 $14,322 2025
Aft-oregon Building Trust Inc OR$60,654 President $1,341 $1,142 2024
Personal Affordable Living Inc CO$60,636 Director $15,055 $13,239 2024
Mifflinburg Heritage & Revitalization Assoc Inc PA$60,502 Executive Director $16,800 $15,364 2024
Professional Medical Staff Memorial Hospital Of Gardena CA$60,466 Chief Executive Officer $1,200 $951 2024
Temple Business League TX$60,300 Executive Director $18,000 $16,513 2024
Trellis Community Development AZ$60,219 Ceo (Thru July 2024) $5,027 $4,434 2024
Quad City Association Of Finishing IA$64,036 Executive Director $37,724 $38,998 2023
James Solomon Civic Association Inc NJ$60,104 Trustee $4,500 $3,793 2023
Regional Economic Development And Energy NY$60,050 President $106,965 $88,640 2024
Metropolitan Housing Development Corp IL$64,250 President $50,000 $43,917 2025
Tama Toledo Area Chamber Of Commerc IA$64,262 Secretary/co $17,956 $18,030 2024
Main Street Elkader IA$64,493 Executive Director $13,565 $13,621 2024
Unlimited Potential Properties Inc NY$59,579 Chief Executive Officer $13,438 $11,465 2023
Westcamp Inc UT$59,435 Director $43,940 $42,460 2023
Florida's Great Northwest FL$64,928 President & Ceo $27,444 $23,644 2024
Bridge Homes Inc CA$59,215 Vice President & Cfo/director $120,312 $98,087 2023
Friends Of Bastrop Main Street Inc LA$65,091 Exec. Director $17,346 $17,516 2024
Aledo Main Street Inc Nfp IL$59,053 Executive Di $46,230 $40,605 2025
Main Street Lawrenceburg TN$59,050 Executive Director $36,205 $34,900 2024
Jefferson Street United Merchants TN$58,984 Executive Di $10,600 $10,520 2023
Salina Community Economic Development KS$58,841 Executive Director $174,052 $172,439 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Paul Hemminger) 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 178 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,300 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.