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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Antelope Valley Chambers Of Commerce

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 951630901
CA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Vicky Ventura, Executive Director / CEO ($69,486) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,893 total compensation of comparable organizations → $281,282 $69,486
$13,11310th
$47,12725th
$79,159Median
$104,00075th
$165,35990th
$69,486This org · 42nd
p10$13,113
p25$47,127
p50$79,159
p75$104,000
p90$165,359
$69,486

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
The Medical Staff Of The Riverside CA$273,358 President $36,000 $34,967 2024
Sunnyvale Downtown Association CA$272,720 Executive Director $110,000 $110,000 2023
Main Street Business Improvement CA$271,407 Exdir/secty/trs $69,088 $67,106 2024
Handle District Corporation CA$270,499 Executive Dir. $71,444 $71,444 2023
Bulgaria Innovation Hub Inc CA$267,003 Executive Director $151,350 $151,350 2023
Anti-malware Testing Standards CA$266,398 Coo $126,500 $126,500 2023
Alameda Health System Medical Staff CA$265,796 Chief Of Staff $18,750 $18,212 2024
Downtown Vacaville Business CA$290,813 Executive Dir. $81,415 $81,415 2023
Pacific Association Of Domestic CA$292,507 Executive Director $52,500 $50,994 2024
Novato Downtown Old Town Business CA$258,312 Executive Dir. $78,624 $76,368 2024
Sandplay Therapists Of America CA$255,631 Journal Editor $14,000 $13,598 2024
China Enterprise Council CA$253,683 Director $39,000 $39,000 2023
Phcc Educational Foundation CA$252,617 Ceo $13,059 $13,059 2023
National Association Of Wine Retailers CA$247,521 Executive Director $79,175 $76,903 2024
Medical Staff Of Doctors Medical Center CA$247,482 Chief Of Staff $48,000 $48,000 2023
Western Regional Master Builders Assn CA$309,665 Ex.vp/sec/treas $154,800 $146,483 2025
Medical Staff Of Southwest Healthcare CA$244,802 Chief Of Staff $39,000 $39,000 2023
Tma Bluetech CA$312,904 Executive Director $116,000 $112,672 2024
Lake Forest Chamber Of Commerce Inc CA$240,795 Ceo $62,385 $60,595 2024
Lakeshore Avenue Business Improvement CA$235,378 Co-director $14,356 $13,944 2024
Hemet San Jacinto Valley Chamber Of CA$235,344 Executive Dir. $68,577 $66,610 2024
Finishing Contractors Association Of CA$321,943 President $2,000 $1,893 2025
Orange County Iranian American CA$322,713 Ceo $86,363 $86,363 2023
Ccidc Inc CA$232,400 Executive Dir. $84,000 $81,590 2024
Secure Water Alliance CA$230,595 Executive Dir. $90,000 $90,000 2023

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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Vicky Ventura) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,486 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.