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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Freedom House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232931454
PA · NTEE L20
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Capeci, Executive Director / CEO ($32,329) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 280 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

280 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 280 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$153 total compensation of comparable organizations → $350,771 $32,329
$7,22510th
$18,27725th
$36,096Median
$60,73475th
$82,77390th
$32,329This org · 43rd
p10$7,225
p25$18,277
p50$36,096
p75$60,734
p90$82,773
$32,329

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 PA 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
Wesley Asi Of Northern Virginia VA$263,556 Secretary $28,094 $27,201 2024
Mill Creek Apartments CA$263,192 Secretary/treasurer $39,437 $34,148 2024
Snhs Greenfield Elderly Housing Inc NH$264,067 Treasurer $53,564 $48,318 2025
Madison Street Housing Development NY$264,150 President/ed $61,872 $56,064 2024
Helping Hands United Incorporated CA$264,244 President & Ceo $4,300 $3,723 2024
Pierce County Affordable Housing WA$262,425 Agency Director $29,176 $26,968 2023
Liberty Hill Redevelopment Group SC$262,380 Operations Director $55,189 $59,440 2023
Stop It Now Inc MA$262,040 President/ceo $32,663 $30,302 2023
Our Casas Resident Council Incorporated TX$261,827 Executive Director $40,010 $41,319 2023
Kce Inc MD$261,675 President Ceo $17,900 $17,277 2023
Chambersburg Housing Inc PA$266,072 Interim President/ceo $17,059 $17,059 2024
The Reach Project TX$260,261 Executive Dir. $59,615 $59,799 2024
Nsp Iii Inc FL$267,090 Ceo $38,719 $36,474 2024
Orlando Regional Realtor Foundation FL$267,125 Ceo $67,148 $63,255 2024
Sheltering Palms Foundation Inc FL$259,861 President $191,666 $185,888 2023
Ecology House Inc CA$259,749 President $21,418 $18,546 2024
Altoona Housing Corporation WI$259,742 Executive Director And Office Manager $19,500 $20,422 2024
Southern Hills Preservation Corpora NY$267,416 Exec. Direct $69,808 $63,255 2024
Edenhope Villa Esperanza Inc CA$259,493 President $39,896 $34,546 2024
Montana Mobility Impaired Housing MN$267,768 President/tr $65,715 $67,037 2023
Neighborhood Housing Renewal Corp Ii CA$259,011 Secretary, Treasurer $26,376 $23,513 2023
Housing Alternatives Inc CA$258,573 President & Ceo $138,000 $119,494 2024
Lake County Habitat For Humanity MI$257,071 Executive Director $21,339 $22,087 2024
Affordable Housing Paso Robles CA$257,029 President $40,325 $34,917 2024
Asi Redruth Inc MN$256,149 President/tr $65,715 $67,037 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Jonathan Capeci) 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 280 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,329 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.