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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Forest Grovecornelius Chamber Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930420710
OR · NTEE S41
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Claudia Yakos, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 538 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Claudia Yakos — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

538 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 538 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$519 total compensation of comparable organizations → $469,380 $75,000
$30,24310th
$61,54525th
$94,927Median
$139,05875th
$200,60390th
$75,000This org · 33rd
p10$30,243
p25$61,545
p50$94,927
p75$139,058
p90$200,603
$75,000

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 OR 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
Stark Trumbull Area Realtors Inc OH$399,578 Executivefinancial Adminstra $63,970 $77,102 2023
Oregon Chiropractic Association OR$399,982 Executive Di $63,029 $66,608 2023
Historic Park City Alliance UT$397,898 Executive Di $108,000 $122,177 2024
Forging Industry Educational And OH$396,575 Ceo $53,762 $62,939 2024
American Nurses Association Massachusetts Inc MA$396,400 Executive Director $92,179 $94,262 2023
Conference On Asian Pacific American Leadership DC$401,759 Managing Director $86,744 $86,622 2023
Hartselle Area Chamber Of Commerce AL$401,838 President & Ceo $42,772 $52,583 2023
Fp2 Inc IL$401,909 Executive Director $80,000 $86,933 2024
San Diego Military Advisory Council CA$402,363 President & Ceo $100,000 $98,264 2023
Und Center For Innovation Foundation ND$395,300 Director/ceo $73,712 $89,411 2024
Boise Farmers Market Inc ID$402,996 Executive Director $81,650 $96,006 2024
Utility Contractors Association Of OR$403,221 Executive Director $89,400 $91,765 2024
Madison County Chamber Of Commerce IA$403,434 Executive Dir. $65,388 $79,136 2024
Martinsville-henry County Chamber Of Commerce Inc VA$394,508 President $48,659 $53,465 2023
Builders Guild Of Western Pennsylvania Inc PA$394,165 Executive Director $161,000 $172,889 2025
Business For A Fair Minimum Wage Inc MD$394,082 President & Ceo $149,000 $153,971 2024
Staffing Services Association Of Il IL$404,500 Executive Director $50,500 $56,497 2023
Mechanical Contractors Assn Of IA$404,675 Executive Director $13,989 $17,430 2023
New Mexico Information Technology And NM$404,728 Executive Director $114,948 $136,653 2024
Natchez Inc MS$404,949 Executive Director $183,000 $231,935 2023
International Association Of Animal PA$405,782 Executive Director $102,923 $113,448 2024
Oxford Visitors And Convention OH$392,229 Exec. Direct $60,085 $72,419 2023
Cottleville Weldon Spring Chamber MO$392,042 Executive Director $83,055 $100,105 2023
Innovation Tri-valley Leadership CA$391,544 Ceo $102,692 $95,487 2025
Universal Stylus Initiative Inc MA$391,333 Executive Director $125,500 $124,654 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2025 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 OR 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Claudia Yakos) 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 538 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.