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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ican Garden Apartments Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134211239
OH · NTEE L20
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Sparks, Executive Director / CEO ($13,581) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 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: Julie Sparks — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$769 total compensation of comparable organizations → $278,096 $13,581
$6,77810th
$12,01325th
$23,450Median
$34,85875th
$63,44890th
$13,581This org · 26th
p10$6,778
p25$12,013
p50$23,450
p75$34,858
p90$63,448
$13,581

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 OH 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
Ottey Homes Inc MD$73,737 President $20,272 $18,423 2023
Abilities At Woodside Inc FL$73,554 President/ceo $38,173 $34,858 2023
Tsi Properties I Inc NY$73,522 Assist Secret(nonvoting)/ceo-tsiny $100,627 $88,387 2023
721 East 6th Street Housing Development NY$73,334 Executive Director $2,057 $1,807 2023
Family Services Of Western Pennsylvania PA$74,768 Ceo $28,093 $27,232 2023
Newbridge Housing I Inc NJ$73,081 Ceo $4,464 $3,763 2024
Allies Homes Inc NJ$73,058 Chief Executive Officer $29,476 $24,848 2024
Vesta Enteka Inc MD$73,017 President $21,417 $18,905 2024
Jamestown Affordable Housing Inc NY$72,808 President $18,993 $16,204 2024
Kirkland Homes Inc MD$72,561 President $20,272 $18,423 2023
Vesta Twelve Inc MD$75,392 President $21,417 $18,905 2024
Washington Court Inc NH$75,524 Executive Director $1,242 $1,055 2025
Main-ferry Housing Development Fund NY$72,018 President $104,461 $89,122 2024
Banjo Lane Apartments Inc MD$71,923 President $12,607 $11,128 2024
Central Coast Housing Corporation CO$76,221 Vice President $45,695 $41,369 2024
Schaadt Apartment Corporation IN$71,350 Ex-officio & Regional Ceo $63,183 $64,767 2023
First Shared Housing Corp PA$76,617 Asst Secretary $7,018 $6,608 2024
Ocean Housing Development Iii Inc NJ$76,749 Pres/ceo Non $40,426 $34,078 2024
Cht Vision Inc NJ$71,144 Secretary/treasurer $10,604 $8,939 2024
Credo Housing Development Inc CT$71,129 Executive Di $41,000 $36,295 2024
Oakland Estates Apartments Inc IN$70,856 President & Ceo $52,409 $52,182 2024
Abilities At St Andrews Cove Inc FL$77,093 President/ceo $38,173 $34,858 2023
Bucks Villa Inc PA$77,189 Ceo (Thru. 12/24) $9,365 $8,591 2025
Middletown Homes Inc NJ$77,446 Chief Executive Officer $29,476 $24,848 2024
Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Watertown Region SD$77,452 Executive Director $55,592 $59,638 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2024 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 OH 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)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Julie Sparks) 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 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,581 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.