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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leeway-welton Housing Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263100297
CT · NTEE L24
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jay Katz, Executive Director / CEO ($56,722) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1085 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jay Katz — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,085 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,085 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$163 total compensation of comparable organizations → $510,888 $56,722
$10,56910th
$22,32625th
$41,714Median
$68,56275th
$91,03290th
$56,722This org · 64th
p10$10,569
p25$22,326
p50$41,714
p75$68,562
p90$91,032
$56,722

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 CT 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
Journey Home Inc VA$264,064 Operations Director And Board Director $27,115 $28,748 2023
Snhs Greenfield Elderly Housing Inc NH$264,067 Treasurer $53,564 $51,390 2025
Madison Street Housing Development NY$264,150 President/ed $61,872 $59,629 2024
Casa Del Pueblo Ii AZ$264,158 President $12,660 $12,986 2024
Helping Hands United Incorporated CA$264,244 President & Ceo $4,300 $3,960 2024
Minnehaha County Supportive Housing MN$264,357 President/tr $65,715 $71,300 2023
New Dimensions In Recovery Inc AZ$264,532 Executive Director $82,011 $86,604 2023
Wesley Asi Of Northern Virginia VA$263,556 Secretary $28,094 $28,931 2024
Freedom House Inc PA$263,505 Executive Di $32,329 $34,385 2024
Hart Residences Inc CT$263,431 Executive Di $11,320 $11,654 2023
Columbian Retirement Home Inc CA$263,370 President/treasurer $8,000 $7,585 2023
Mill Creek Apartments CA$263,192 Secretary/treasurer $39,437 $36,320 2024
Elli's House MI$264,991 Executive Di $55,650 $63,072 2023
Wayward Homes Inc GA$265,222 Chairman $15,957 $17,617 2023
Pierce County Affordable Housing WA$262,425 Agency Director $29,176 $28,683 2023
Liberty Hill Redevelopment Group SC$262,380 Operations Director $55,189 $63,220 2023
Independent Living Horizons Nine Inc GA$265,847 President/ceo $21,151 $23,352 2023
Janua Coeli Inc FL$262,251 Vice President $30,960 $31,020 2024
Charlottesville Public Housing VA$266,067 Board Member $2,798 $2,967 2023
Chambersburg Housing Inc PA$266,072 Interim President/ceo $17,059 $18,144 2024
Stop It Now Inc MA$262,040 President/ceo $32,663 $32,229 2023
Plaza Del Sol Manor Inc CO$261,876 Executive Dir. $34,362 $35,141 2024
Covenant International Foundation NY$266,283 President & Ceo As Of Feb 2023 $37,308 $37,018 2023
Our Casas Resident Council Incorporated TX$261,827 Executive Director $40,010 $43,947 2023
Homeownership Education Resource SD$261,695 Executive Di $18,097 $21,301 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Jay Katz) 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 1085 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,722 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.