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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ulster County Economic Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141598275
NY · NTEE S310
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Lynch, Executive Director / CEO ($16,190) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$62 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,649 $16,190
$15,12710th
$35,04125th
$62,423Median
$92,53675th
$129,53090th
$16,190This org · 11th
p10$15,127
p25$35,041
p50$62,423
p75$92,536
p90$129,530
$16,190

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
Uptown Westerville Inc OH$220,919 Executive Dir. $68,133 $82,218 2023
Bogalusa Rebirth LA$221,515 Executive Director $75,938 $92,536 2024
Klamath Falls Downtown Association OR$224,126 Executive Director $44,440 $47,020 2023
Toolbox Inc KS$215,572 Executive Director $78,745 $96,925 2023
Keystone Community Corporation MO$225,809 President $8,250 $9,670 2024
Greenline Access Capital PA$212,923 President $101,923 $115,804 2023
Circle Of Life Development Foundation CA$230,432 Cheif Executive Officer $45,000 $49,777 2021
Faith And Work Enterprises Inc MD$209,546 Exec Director $72,735 $75,253 2024
Tampa Bay Partnership For Regional FL$231,371 President & Ceo $14,175 $14,737 2024
Economic Development Unit Inc LA$232,038 President $50 $62 2023
Downtown Development Corporation IL$233,430 President $24,993 $27,192 2024
Greater Texas Capital Community Finance TX$204,916 President $65,418 $72,417 2024
Urban City Codes Technology And Community Resource OH$238,007 President $45,538 $54,952 2023
Tww Nyc Solidarity Inc NY$240,000 President $101,737 $101,737 2024
Parkrose Npi OR$241,082 Executive Dir. $48,750 $50,100 2024
Insight Center For Community Economic Development CA$198,520 President $116,300 $114,418 2023
Stevens County Eic Inc MN$241,904 Executive Di $117,188 $128,145 2024
Vision Together 2025 Inc PA$196,962 Executive Director $124,431 $137,321 2024
Site Readiness For Good Jobs Fund OH$195,812 Ceo $36,068 $43,524 2023
Visit Fort Wayne Foundation Inc IN$195,656 Executive Di $21,697 $25,321 2024
Grant County Economic Developement Corporation KS$194,562 Executive Director $81,007 $99,709 2023
Main-dempster Mile IL$245,988 Executive Director $75,000 $81,598 2024
Foundation For A Sustainable Community VA$246,477 Ceo $16,000 $17,096 2024
Northeastern Economic Development Company Of Pa PA$247,257 President And Executive Direc $50,000 $56,809 2023
Aransas County Partnership Edc TX$247,377 President $126,000 $139,481 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 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 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Kevin Lynch) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,190 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.