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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Homer-cortland Community Agency Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030573516
NY · NTEE S20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Stoker, Executive Director / CEO ($72,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cindy Stoker — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,335 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,776 $72,500
$17,80710th
$29,13425th
$57,830Median
$73,67975th
$79,86790th
$72,500This org · 75th
p10$17,807
p25$29,134
p50$57,830
p75$73,679
p90$79,867
$72,500

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 NY 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
Greater Port Washington Business NY$254,031 Executive Dir. $61,700 $59,930 2024
Greater Bethel Community Development Corporation NY$248,332 Executive Director $30,000 $29,139 2024
Ocean Parkway Community Development Corp NY$247,942 Executive Director $12,151 $11,802 2024
The Montague Street District Management NY$284,926 Executive Direc $61,285 $59,527 2024
Grinding Stone Collective Inc NY$240,267 Ceo And Board Vice President $91,800 $89,166 2024
Allen Ame Neighborhood Preservation & Developme NY$214,996 Executive Director $72,337 $72,337 2023
Central Adirondack Partnership For NY$316,243 Executive Di $59,980 $58,259 2024
Springboard Incubators Inc NY$208,632 President/ceo $10,640 $10,335 2024
Bayside Village Business Improvement NY$322,011 Executive Dir. $38,178 $37,083 2024
Kingsbridge District Management Association Inc NY$330,509 Exec Director $40,365 $39,207 2024
Homsite Fund Inc NY$333,879 Director $19,020 $18,474 2024
Hellgate Management Corporation NY$334,528 President $70,634 $70,634 2023
Rochester Hope Inc NY$334,931 Executive Director $24,279 $23,582 2024
Schenectady Greenmarket Inc NY$193,489 Executive Director $29,120 $29,120 2023
East Village Community NY$189,528 Executive Director $81,163 $78,834 2024
86th Street Bay Ridge District NY$340,050 Executive Direc $60,660 $57,401 2025
Core Services Group Inc NY$357,047 Vp Of General Coun $108,776 $108,776 2023
Southern Boulevard District NY$358,177 Executive Di $82,308 $77,886 2025
Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortland Development Co NY$384,653 Executive Director $37,668 $37,668 2023
West Brighton Community NY$388,047 Executive Di $80,000 $77,705 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Cindy Stoker) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,500 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.