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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lulac Amistad Apartments

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237159279
TX · NTEE L21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gonzalo Tamez, Executive Director / CEO ($10,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 142 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gonzalo Tamez — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

142 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 142 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$276 total compensation of comparable organizations → $248,491 $10,500
$6,74910th
$11,44325th
$21,260Median
$35,84975th
$54,33490th
$10,500This org · 22nd
p10$6,749
p25$11,443
p50$21,260
p75$35,849
p90$54,334
$10,500

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 TX 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
Watertower South Inc IN$88,165 Ex-officio & Regional Ceo $63,183 $66,609 2023
Firehouse Place Inc MA$88,198 Executive Director $24,789 $21,630 2024
Proctor Community Housing Corporation MA$88,365 Ceo $38,786 $33,843 2024
Cynthia Gardens Housing Development NY$88,911 Executive Director $12,178 $10,686 2024
Walnut Housing Development Corporation PA$85,213 Director Of Construction $13,787 $13,745 2023
Robin's Terrace Inc OH$85,117 President $9,146 $9,407 2024
Shdc No 10 Inc HI$84,951 Exec. Dir. & Asst Secr. $12,721 $11,386 2023
Mosaic Housing Corp Xiv - Rockford NE$84,510 President $26,896 $28,089 2024
Homes For Independence Space Coast Inc FL$84,397 President/ceo $38,173 $35,849 2023
Park Place Of Alliance Inc OH$90,023 Executive Director $13,581 $13,967 2024
Creative Housing Inc Vi OH$84,329 President $8,713 $9,226 2023
Affordable Housing Matters Inc DC$90,363 Chairman $26,797 $22,833 2024
Woodside Village OH$90,409 Executive Director $6,211 $6,576 2023
National Housing Associates Inc OH$90,521 President $110,000 $113,129 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services Of MN$83,794 Executive Director $9,333 $9,219 2023
Waynedale Ii Apartments Inc IN$91,062 President $44,374 $45,438 2024
Greater Springfield Residences Inc MA$83,170 Clerk, Director $161,815 $141,194 2024
Mctaggert Court Inc OH$91,553 President $9,146 $9,407 2024
Cla Homes Ii Corp VA$92,132 Executive Director $3,855 $3,521 2025
Ten Cross Street Corporation MA$92,401 Executive Director $19,712 $17,200 2024
Mother Teresa House Inc DE$81,900 Executive Director $14,243 $13,541 2024
Hawkeye Housing Nfp IL$81,691 President $82,909 $79,146 2024
Vesta Thirteen Inc MD$92,762 President $21,417 $19,443 2024
Mm Nonprofit Housing Corporation MI$92,802 President $4,309 $4,318 2024
Yw Homes Inc PA$93,154 Ceo $34,360 $32,414 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 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 TX 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Gonzalo Tamez) 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 142 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,500 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.