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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Union Apartment Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043646730
NJ · NTEE L80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Myung Lee, Executive Director / CEO ($98,598) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Myung Lee — reported title “President(term 12/2022)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$176 total compensation of comparable organizations → $130,727 $98,598
$5,92010th
$10,15425th
$21,783Median
$36,41775th
$70,64190th
$98,598This org · 94th
p10$5,920
p25$10,154
p50$21,783
p75$36,417
p90$70,641
$98,598

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 NJ 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
Adirondack Housing Development Fund Co NY$75,437 Project Manager $11,997 $11,794 2024
Maxcen Housing Society Inc New Mexico Branch NM$75,884 Ceo $5,162 $6,040 2024
Collaborative Development Corporation FL$74,770 Presidentceo $17,312 $17,692 2024
New Visions Housing Corporation CA$74,606 Executive Director $26,967 $26,081 2023
Central Ohio Housing Development OH$79,340 Executive Director (Thru April 24) $8,578 $9,884 2024
Dakota Land Trust SD$70,961 Executive Di $2,970 $3,566 2024
Marblehead Community Housing Corporation MA$79,953 Executive Director $24,789 $24,234 2024
La Casa Dona Here Inc PR$80,730 Adm $7,200 $7,200 2023
Houston Area Urban Community TX$80,841 Executive Director $115,304 $125,477 2024
Maxcen Housing Society Inc Indiana Branch IN$80,935 Ceo $5,160 $5,920 2024
Walnut Affordable Housing Inc NY$66,667 Vice President $39,986 $39,308 2024
Heritage Plaza Phase I CA$64,407 President $187 $176 2024
Anvil-richard Allen Gardens Inc FL$63,184 President $32,805 $33,526 2024
Vista Homes Housing Corporation CA$88,059 Executive Director $26,967 $26,081 2023
Vesta Four Inc MD$88,794 President $21,417 $21,783 2024
Lss Housing Center Street Inc WI$89,500 President $40,683 $46,222 2024
San Juan Housing Corporation CO$60,557 President $22,009 $22,959 2024
Lss Housing Granville Inc WI$91,084 President $38,239 $44,729 2023
Asi Ramsey County Inc MN$92,103 President/tr $65,715 $70,641 2024
Communities For Healing & Justice NY$56,807 Executive Director $136,500 $130,727 2025
Coburn Woods Inc OR$94,131 Treasurer $18,132 $18,318 2024
Denison Community Investment Corp TX$54,149 Secretary/treasurer $10,050 $11,260 2023
Greenfield Housing Associates Inc MA$53,119 Chairperson $1,500 $1,466 2024
Riverview Resident Assistance Foundation WA$98,197 Secretary & Treasurer $33,215 $32,351 2024
1213 William Street Corporation FL$98,568 Executive Director $20,037 $20,477 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Myung Lee) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $98,598 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.