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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of New York State

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141705108
NY · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hugh Parry, Executive Director / CEO ($76,216) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 134 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

134 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 134 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22 total compensation of comparable organizations → $298,576 $76,216
$40,22510th
$55,47625th
$74,062Median
$90,98875th
$110,58990th
$76,216This org · 54th
p10$40,225
p25$55,476
p50$74,062
p75$90,988
p90$110,589
$76,216

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
United Way Of Naugatuck CT$492,043 Executive Director $60,866 $63,155 2024
United Way Of Trumbull County OH$492,572 President & $54,808 $64,241 2024
The Settlement Club Endowment Fund TX$492,698 Executive Director $12,502 $13,840 2024
United Way Of Central Arkansas Inc AR$495,048 Executive Director $74,888 $95,907 2023
Prairieland United Way Inc IL$496,776 Secretary $68,532 $74,561 2024
United Way Of Van Wert County Inc OH$498,451 Executive Di $65,063 $74,296 2025
Wallingford Community Senior Center WA$498,477 Executive Director $89,260 $88,438 2024
The Learning Funhouse Inc MN$482,289 Director $44,570 $50,176 2023
The Cancer Challenge AR$481,450 Executive Director $83,200 $106,551 2023
Fort Wayne Jewish Federation Inc IN$501,168 Executive Di $40,192 $45,696 2025
United Way Of Wapello County Inc IA$503,141 Exective Dir $67,454 $81,735 2024
United Way Of Posey County Inc IN$472,153 Executive Director $64,260 $77,208 2023
United Way Of Southeast Alaska AK$508,903 President/ce $81,932 $89,246 2023
Williamstown Community Chest MA$469,594 Executive Di $46,644 $46,385 2024
White Bear Lake Senior Housing Inc MN$467,454 President & Ceo $41,871 $45,786 2024
Bike Box Project NC$467,046 Ceo $14,875 $17,009 2024
Wyoming County United Way Inc PA$462,041 Executive Director $69,397 $78,848 2023
Red River Community Housing Development ND$457,148 Executive Director $93,285 $113,290 2024
Colorado Conservatory For The Jazz Arts CO$527,046 Executive Dir. $8,347 $8,629 2025
Cooke County United Way Inc TX$452,579 Executive Director $89,000 $98,523 2024
Black River United Way Inc SC$451,905 Ceo $77,098 $89,010 2024
Norfolk Area United Way Inc NE$529,080 Executive Di $50,400 $59,989 2024
United Way Of Linn Benton And OR$450,002 President & $103,358 $109,358 2023
United Way Of Toombs & Montgomery GA$534,462 Executive Di $69,513 $79,633 2023
Deaf Smith County Crisis Center Inc TX$444,773 Executive Director $63,150 $69,907 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Hugh Parry) 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 134 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,216 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.