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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ascendant Neighborhood Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133620671
NY · NTEE L80Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Cirillo, Executive Director / CEO ($185,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 54 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Christopher Cirillo — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIR/ PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

54 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 54 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,242 total compensation of comparable organizations → $99,555 $185,000
$11,84710th
$19,46225th
$31,868Median
$57,22575th
$70,94290th
$185,000This org · 100th
p10$11,847
p25$19,462
p50$31,868
p75$57,225
p90$70,942
$185,000

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 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
Ocl Properties Xiii Inc NY$136,186 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $71,187 2024
Stanton Accessible Apartments CA$138,256 Ceo $61,000 $58,291 2023
Lexington Senior Center Inc MO$138,378 Executive Di $58,000 $66,032 2024
Wentworth Corporation RI$131,813 President $52,490 $55,699 2023
Newburyport Affordable MA$140,347 Executive Director $18,309 $17,685 2024
Ebsv Community Development Inc CA$143,735 President & Ceo $28,109 $26,861 2023
Asi - Anoka County Inc MN$127,371 President/tr $68,006 $70,369 2025
Oak Hill Apartments CA$144,861 Secretary/treasurer $39,437 $36,605 2024
Whitehaven Economic Development TN$126,000 Executive Di $50,710 $57,296 2024
Mobile Accessible Housing Inc AL$125,332 President/ceo $53,238 $60,230 2025
Interstate I Affordable Housing Inc NY$121,716 Vice President $39,986 $38,839 2024
Bagley Housing Association MI$121,214 President & Ceo $39,383 $43,695 2024
Wisconsin Rapids Figure Skating Club Inc WI$150,751 Program Director $2,075 $2,270 2025
Central Louisiana Independent Living Center LA$120,619 President/ceo $21,418 $25,351 2024
Blackrock-riverside Neighborhood NY$119,062 Finance (Through 5/24) $2,308 $2,242 2024
Sohum Housing Opportunities CA$117,355 President $5,310 $5,074 2023
Mount Zion Community Development Inc NC$155,327 Executive Director $72,334 $80,339 2024
Trans Housing Coalition Inc GA$156,187 Executive Dir. $89,470 $99,555 2023
Mid-peninsula Murphy's Inc CA$157,402 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $71,903 2024
Shelter Ministries Inc IN$113,817 Executive Director $24,462 $27,729 2024
Fox Township Manor Inc PA$158,421 Director $34,650 $37,142 2024
Cannelton & Neighbors Development Inc IN$158,750 Executive Director $13,950 $15,813 2024
Housing Continuum Inc IL$160,761 Executive Director $30,156 $32,809 2023
Oak Manor Associates WA$109,450 President And Ceo $24,457 $24,232 2023
Prairie Haven Inc IA$162,717 Top Management Official $19,545 $23,683 2023

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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 Cirillo) 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 54 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $185,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.