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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Madison Ave - Crossroads Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223575823
NJ · NTEE S20M
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas Henion, Executive Director / CEO ($97,183) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 319 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Thomas Henion — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

319 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 319 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$683 total compensation of comparable organizations → $279,363 $97,183
$19,87310th
$51,43925th
$77,848Median
$100,85975th
$136,69790th
$97,183This org · 71st
p10$19,873
p25$51,439
p50$77,848
p75$100,859
p90$136,697
$97,183

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 NJ 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
Sabana Grande Community And Economic Development PR$447,371 President $66,800 $68,773 2023
Neighborhood Conservation Services OH$446,181 Exec Dir $59,246 $72,358 2023
Staten Island Immigrant Center NY$445,062 Executive Director $66,167 $66,966 2024
Integrative Communities Inc CA$449,798 $72,572 $70,187 2024
Catholic Community Relations NY$450,000 Executive Director $276,028 $279,363 2024
360 Detroit Inc MI$442,089 President $70,004 $80,928 2024
West Virginia Land Stewardship WV$442,083 Executive Director $50,000 $62,426 2023
Fw4k Enterprise Inc FL$452,226 Executive Director $72,000 $75,757 2024
Next Step Learning Center Inc CA$453,357 Board President $150,000 $145,071 2024
Woodhaven District Management NY$454,160 Executive Dir. $65,772 $66,567 2024
Yamhill Enrichment Society OR$439,415 Secretary $14,850 $15,902 2023
Navigating From Good To Great Foundation SC$454,288 Ceo $20,683 $24,167 2024
Lumber City Development Corporation NY$439,247 Executive Director $14,400 $14,574 2024
The 516 Project Inc VA$456,330 President $76,650 $82,892 2024
San Ysidro Improvement Corporation CA$456,534 Executive Director $115,074 $114,580 2023
Wellfleet Preservation Hall Inc MA$456,639 Executive Di $92,000 $92,595 2024
Conway Downtown Alive Inc SC$457,137 Executive Director $73,363 $85,721 2024
Community Main Street Inc IA$435,786 Executive Director $58,601 $71,865 2024
Pointhope Inc WA$435,733 Executive Director $47,833 $49,382 2023
100 Black Men Greater Mobile Inc AL$458,808 Executive Director $50,995 $61,704 2024
Riverfront Plaza Garage Management NJ$459,223 President $33,427 $34,414 2023
Opal OR$434,343 Co-executive Director $115,981 $124,197 2023
Downtown Mansfield Inc OH$433,938 Executive Di $67,784 $82,785 2023
Neighborhood Engagement Hub MI$460,324 Executive Director $77,599 $89,708 2024
Community Chest Of Knox Co Inc TN$461,949 President $6,000 $7,064 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Thomas Henion) 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 319 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,183 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.