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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creative Housing Inc Vii

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263327241
OH · NTEE L24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cristy Buenconsejo, Executive Director / CEO ($8,713) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,575 $8,713
$5,30710th
$9,80225th
$19,691Median
$46,25975th
$79,47790th
$8,713This org · 19th
p10$5,307
p25$9,802
p50$19,691
p75$46,259
p90$79,477
$8,713

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 OH 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
Tivoli Non-profit Housing Corporation MI$28,162 Assistant Secretary $65,434 $61,938 2024
Chynoweth Housing Inc CA$27,995 President $41,962 $34,211 2023
Bluegrass Village Inc KY$27,694 Cfo $46,218 $45,537 2024
Habitat For Humanity Of Cherokee SC$26,835 Executive Di $5,090 $4,870 2024
Race Housing Corporation OH$26,596 Ceo $14,293 $13,883 2024
West Texas Non-profit Developments TX$30,450 Director $14,942 $14,112 2023
Mid-peninsula Holy Family Corporation CA$25,813 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $61,345 2024
Beam Homes Inc MD$25,678 President $20,272 $17,894 2023
East Austin Conservancy TX$25,383 Executive Director $90,787 $83,283 2024
Atlanta Affordable Housing For The GA$25,380 President & Ceo $84,307 $80,035 2023
George A And Angela G Paterakis IL$25,225 Garcc - Chief Financial Officer $16,840 $15,183 2024
W A F A WA$25,054 Executive Director $15,800 $13,356 2023
Pathstone Alliance For Better Housing PA$24,967 President $2,614 $2,391 2024
Independence Iv Inc NJ$31,417 President $59,141 $48,424 2024
Ashmore Homes Inc MD$31,435 Chair $7,418 $6,548 2023
Mp St Matthew Inc CA$31,437 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $61,345 2024
Newbridge Housing Ii Inc NJ$24,757 Ceo $11,980 $9,809 2024
Ashlawn View Inc VA$24,725 Executive Director $57,939 $52,818 2023
Independence Iii Inc NJ$24,667 President $59,141 $48,424 2024
Lifetime Housing Development Corporation NY$31,753 President & Ceo $19,027 $15,767 2024
Sherman Oaks Services Corporation CA$32,208 President $7,252 $5,743 2024
Shenandoah Housing Corporation VA$32,294 Vice President $21,899 $19,391 2024
Rotary Valley Inc CA$32,377 Evp/cfo $120,262 $95,234 2024
Kendal At Ventura CA$23,968 Ceo $23,179 $18,355 2024
Dreamkey Partners Mortgage Inc NC$32,610 President $40,412 $38,294 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Cristy Buenconsejo) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,713 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.