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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Newark Housing Partnership Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261968933
NJ · NTEE L21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamie Smarr, Executive Director / CEO ($40,688) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jamie Smarr — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,561 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,713 $40,688
$6,30610th
$11,20925th
$22,413Median
$37,82475th
$48,03990th
$40,688This org · 83rd
p10$6,306
p25$11,209
p50$22,413
p75$37,824
p90$48,039
$40,688

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
Forty West Street Corporation MA$63,027 Chief Executive Officer $24,075 $24,231 2023
Evesham Section 811 Housing Corporation PA$62,882 President & Ceo $25,525 $28,509 2023
Creative Housing Inc Xiii OH$64,862 President $9,011 $10,382 2024
Dante House Inc CA$61,860 Co-exec Directr $20,468 $19,228 2024
Jfm No 5 Corp ME$61,554 Ceo $14,253 $15,126 2025
Dd Housing Incorporated CO$66,231 Chief Executive Officer $21,640 $22,574 2024
Keystone Housing Development Corporation PA$66,416 Director Of Construction $13,787 $15,399 2023
Shirley Bridge Bungalows WA$66,720 President And Ceo $24,943 $24,294 2024
Warren Housing Opportunities Corporation NJ$60,580 Treasurer $7,487 $7,272 2024
Nyc Partnership Housing Development NY$66,900 President & Ceo $41,265 $40,565 2024
Wellspring Bridge Apartments KY$66,927 Chief Executive Officer $13,611 $15,909 2024
Ocean Housing Development I Inc NJ$60,278 Pres/ceo Non $42,001 $39,744 2025
Passavant Memorial Homes Vii PA$67,562 Ceo & President $36,502 $39,601 2024
Building Dreams Inc KY$59,695 Executive Director $8,929 $10,167 2025
Marsh Island Corporation ME$67,997 Secretary/treasurer $35,552 $37,730 2025
Home Together Community Housing MA$68,062 Cfo Of Action Inc $9,145 $8,940 2024
Traskwood Complex Inc AR$58,775 Executive Director $21,642 $27,246 2023
Homes Of Care Ii Inc MA$68,704 President & Ceo/director $24,869 $24,312 2024
Mosaic Housing Corp Xii NE$68,885 President $26,896 $31,470 2024
Westhampton Senior Housing Inc MA$69,323 Executive Director $7,138 $7,479 2022
Westland Community Housing Corporation MA$69,627 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,719 2023
Community Services Fourth Housing NY$69,663 Director $30,342 $29,827 2024
Maxcen Housing Society Inc Kentucky Branch KY$69,790 Ceo $5,188 $6,064 2024
Shalom Apartments Of Federation PA$69,837 Executive Director $23,138 $25,102 2024
People Improving Communities And MA$57,247 President/ceo $37,728 $36,883 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 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 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Jamie Smarr) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,688 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.