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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Santa Monica Municipal

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 951628823
CA · NTEE J40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Camp, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$126 total compensation of comparable organizations → $281,482 $6,000
$4,19310th
$5,98225th
$10,018Median
$19,86175th
$67,01390th
$6,000This org · 26th
p10$4,193
p25$5,982
p50$10,018
p75$19,861
p90$67,013
$6,000

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 CA 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
Deaconess Medical Staff Office WA$142,371 Emergency & Ethics Committee Chairs $6,375 $6,610 2023
Fall River Administrators RI$142,260 President $6,000 $6,472 2024
Security Police Association Of Neva NV$141,322 Preisdent $5,203 $5,715 2025
Miracosta College Faculty Assembly CA$140,749 Vice President $2,500 $2,366 2025
Metropolitan Dade County Solid Wast FL$139,310 President $6,750 $7,132 2024
Northeast District Council Of The Opcmia NY$139,071 Fund Administrator $60,518 $59,928 2025
Laborers Local 754 NY$148,769 Trustee $54,706 $57,248 2023
San Mateo County Probation And Detention CA$148,806 President $3,500 $3,400 2024
Employees Association Of CA$135,902 President $6,500 $6,314 2024
Assoc Of Prof Police Officers IL$151,134 President $5,865 $6,677 2023
Union Electrical Workers Inc DE$134,122 Director $104,863 $118,908 2023
United Union Of Roofers MA$132,418 President As Of 11/2024 $125 $126 2024
Hudson Valley Community College Faculty Association Inc NY$130,500 President $10,000 $10,164 2024
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters TN$157,157 President $363 $418 2025
Westchester & Putnam Plumbers & Steamfit NY$157,388 Trustee $112,619 $117,852 2023
Professional Personnel Of Van Dyke MI$159,395 Negotiator Exec.board $6,502 $7,355 2025
The Steamfitting Industry Labor Management Cooperation Committee NY$161,422 Executive Administrator $70,808 $74,098 2023
Seiu Local 721 Training Trust Fund CA$163,512 Trustee Chair $35,478 $34,460 2024
Independent Soft Drink Workers OH$163,962 President $14,406 $17,670 2023
Sheet Metal Workers Local No 3 NE$164,742 Financial Secretary $64,438 $77,959 2024
Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit Assn IA$122,040 President $5,400 $6,651 2024
Sacramento County Administrative CA$166,621 President $13,600 $12,869 2025
Faculty Association Of Monmouth NJ$166,674 President $6,000 $5,871 2025
Afge Tsa Local 1230 CA$167,733 President $5,006 $4,862 2024
North Castle Police Benevolent Assoc Inc NY$117,223 President $4,800 $5,648 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Christopher Camp) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.