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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205428680
IL · NTEE L20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Esperanza Morphis, Executive Director / CEO ($36,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 253 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Esperanza Morphis — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

253 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 253 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$410 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,942 $36,667
$6,73710th
$17,88425th
$35,845Median
$60,65875th
$79,26890th
$36,667This org · 53rd
p10$6,737
p25$17,884
p50$35,845
p75$60,658
p90$79,268
$36,667

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 IL 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
West Central Mo Hickory Estates Inc MO$193,499 Chief Executive Officer $24,797 $26,026 2025
Black Hills Workshop Residential SD$196,231 Ceo $38,491 $42,096 2025
Jbf Projects Inc OH$191,336 Project Manager $11,180 $12,400 2023
Notre Dame Living Center Inc NE$191,228 Director $375 $410 2024
Network Housing '91 Inc OH$197,210 Ceo (Exited 3.24.25) $30,598 $32,965 2024
Opportunity Apartments Inc IN$191,033 President/ceo $9,893 $10,612 2024
Asi Great Falls Inc MN$190,468 President/tr $65,715 $68,000 2023
Glenn-verde Housing Inc AZ$190,266 President/ceo $34,911 $34,151 2024
St Francis Of Assisi Residences At MA$190,168 Exec. Dir./p $3,180 $2,993 2023
Wilson Street Apartments Inc RI$189,475 President - Trustee $83,575 $81,514 2024
Roxbury Main Streets Revitalization Corporation MA$189,221 Executive Director $86,893 $79,424 2024
Sabin Group I CO$188,844 Board President & Ceo Of Mhcd $24,467 $24,569 2023
Vip Rjp Housing Development Fund NY$187,328 President/ceo $50,896 $48,162 2023
Dwight Way Housing Inc CA$186,012 Ceo $47,732 $43,163 2023
Preservation Non-profit Housing MI$202,558 President $38,599 $40,525 2024
Mid-peninsula San Pedro Inc CA$202,686 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $68,042 2024
Broadwal Inc MA$185,519 Executive Director $18,487 $16,898 2024
Asi Henderson Inc MN$185,291 President/tr $68,006 $66,590 2025
Special Force Family Ministries Inc MO$203,253 President $33,225 $36,852 2023
Suburban Alternatives Land Trust CA$184,910 Chairman-ceo $96,000 $84,320 2024
Las Vegas Supportive Housing Inc MN$184,865 President/tr $68,006 $66,590 2025
Kennebunkport Heritage Housing Trust ME$203,604 Executive Director (Non-voting) $75,000 $78,646 2023
Habitat For Humanity Of Highland Co Inc OH$184,627 Director $10,710 $11,538 2024
Asi - Jamestown Inc MN$184,619 President/tr $65,715 $68,000 2023
Sean Brook House Inc MA$184,359 Executive Director $29,252 $27,527 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Esperanza Morphis) 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 253 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,667 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.