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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vaya Verde

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271206038
NM · NTEE S31
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victor F Lopez, Executive Director / CEO ($68,731) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 101 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Victor F Lopez — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

101 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 101 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,782 $68,731
$7,89110th
$23,15225th
$50,940Median
$82,87475th
$113,49390th
$68,731This org · 63rd
p10$7,891
p25$23,152
p50$50,940
p75$82,874
p90$113,493
$68,731

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 NM 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
Brightwood Development Corporation MA$327,011 Clerk $16,300 $13,618 2023
Opportunity Transformation Investments IL$326,850 President $30,240 $26,848 2024
Penn's Northeast Inc PA$332,073 President/ceo $140,538 $123,303 2025
Washington Heights And Inwood NY$332,663 Executive Director $115,195 $96,781 2023
Regional Economic Development PA$323,611 President $67,544 $60,829 2024
Bee Area Partnership Inc TX$336,125 Ceo $143,750 $133,693 2023
Algiers Economic Development Foundation LA$318,937 Former Executive Director $72,042 $69,792 2025
West Line Corridor Collaborative CO$337,562 Executive Director $108,000 $93,521 2024
West Lakes Partnership Inc FL$339,188 Executive Di $89,000 $75,505 2024
Renewable Manufactuing Gateway PA$340,108 Executive Director $87,400 $78,711 2024
Springfield Cultural Partnership Inc MA$340,593 Exec Director $93,855 $74,202 2025
Aerozone Alliance OH$314,982 Executive Director $226,641 $216,782 2024
St Bernard Economic Development Foundat LA$343,130 Ceo $130,500 $133,604 2023
Plano Improvement Corporation TX$344,804 President $63,191 $57,084 2024
The Urban Conservancy LA$346,884 Executive Director $106,463 $105,868 2024
Pederec Inc VA$308,373 Director $58,420 $50,940 2024
Stockyards Preservation Foundation Of Fort Worth TX$349,457 Secretary & Treasurer $6,000 $5,420 2024
Havenwoods Neighborhood Partnership Inc WI$349,541 Executive Director $86,084 $83,587 2023
Your Store Of The Queen City OH$305,411 Executive Director $8,762 $8,628 2023
The Experience Community Development Corp CA$353,065 Crawford, Director $51,624 $40,257 2024
Okmulgee Area Development Corp OK$354,623 Former Exec Dir $25,600 $25,457 2024
Johnstown Industrial Development Corpora PA$300,167 Former President, Ceo $41,441 $37,321 2024
Forward Foundation Inc WI$356,970 President (Until 3/1/24) $6,011 $5,523 2025
Redec Relending Corporation NY$357,766 President $9,491 $7,745 2024
Growing High Point NC$298,351 Executive Di $75,000 $69,984 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Victor F Lopez) 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 101 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,731 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.