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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Plaza Conservancy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261300277
TX · NTEE L25
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Molly E Hall-harvey, Executive Director / CEO ($65,962) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Molly E Hall-harvey — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,331 total compensation of comparable organizations → $604,293 $65,962
$14,67010th
$28,06225th
$69,052Median
$81,81375th
$108,40990th
$65,962This org · 44th
p10$14,670
p25$28,062
p50$69,052
p75$81,813
p90$108,409
$65,962

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
Elmhurst House Incorporated RI$446,437 Chief Executive Officer $36,004 $34,513 2024
Lee Building Industry Association Builders Care FL$443,176 Executive Director $84,295 $81,502 2023
Gods Way Home Inc WV$439,614 Director $23,939 $25,912 2024
Rebuilding Together North Jersey Inc NJ$437,401 Executive Director $677,032 $604,293 2024
50th Street Housing Development NY$483,958 Secretary $13,130 $11,861 2024
American Built Communities Inc FL$540,561 Presidentdirector $138,000 $129,600 2024
Chelsea Restoration MA$361,156 Executive Director $88,570 $81,916 2023
Los Angeles Communities Advocating For CA$354,342 Executive Director $73,643 $65,449 2023
Sowing Seeds Of Hope Inc AL$340,734 Executive Director $42,000 $45,360 2024
197-201 Roebling Street Hdfc NY$333,739 Executive Director $17,573 $15,874 2024
Plano Community Home Phase V Inc TX$594,718 Executive Vice President $6,331 $6,331 2024
South Bay Community Land Trust CA$595,740 Executive Director $89,040 $79,133 2023
Appalachian Opportunity Fund TN$321,792 Executive Di $63,100 $68,265 2023
Town Clock Community Development NJ$309,594 Executive Director $76,000 $69,839 2023
Home For Good Of Eau Claire Inc WI$613,953 Program Director $69,022 $72,062 2024
Hard Bargain Mt Hope TN$653,423 Executive Di $87,737 $92,195 2024
Rebuilding Together Greater Dallas Inc TX$671,999 Executive Director $99,327 $99,327 2024
Mercy Bond Properties Colorado I CO$681,062 Director/president $22,009 $21,097 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Molly E Hall-harvey) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,962 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.