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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Upstate Venture Connect Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271606453
NY · NTEE S19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Olivia Goldstein, Executive Director / CEO ($90,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1757 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,757 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,757 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$230 total compensation of comparable organizations → $743,333 $90,000
$19,08110th
$49,92025th
$81,547Median
$115,54375th
$160,83190th
$90,000This org · 58th
p10$19,081
p25$49,920
p50$81,547
p75$115,543
p90$160,831
$90,000

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 NY 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
Identity Defined Security Alliance TX$374,829 Executive Director, President, Treasurer, And Secretary $77,560 $85,859 2024
Boston Farms Community Land Trust Inc MA$374,952 Clerk $89,071 $94,932 2022
Alabama Automotive Manufacturers AL$375,054 President $120,000 $147,704 2023
Delafield Promotional & WI$374,607 Executive Director $11,118 $12,850 2024
The Urban Development Center Inc FL$375,245 President $35,970 $37,395 2024
Aec Unites DC$375,265 Executive Director $114,357 $114,335 2023
Topeka Lodging Association KS$374,362 Exec. Dir $14,400 $17,724 2023
Pennsylvania Academy Of General Den PA$375,404 Executive Di $85,400 $94,247 2024
Boston Plasterers' & Cement Masons' MA$375,429 Trustee $85,072 $82,419 2025
Oak Park Business Association CA$374,255 Executive Dir. $84,000 $82,641 2023
San Joaquin Community Data Council CA$374,241 Executive Dir. $61,109 $58,395 2024
Rural Consumer Services Corporation NC$374,114 Ceo/general $212,866 $243,405 2024
Heart Of Brevard NC$375,666 Executive Director $88,649 $101,367 2024
Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood MD$373,940 Executive Dir. $75,000 $77,596 2024
Digital Services Coaliton Inc MD$376,092 Executive Director $218,820 $226,395 2024
American Alliance Conference Ltd NY$376,205 Director $37,066 $37,066 2024
Logan Square Chamber Of Commerce IL$373,499 Executive Director $67,083 $72,984 2024
Central Kentucky Apartment Association KY$376,420 Executive Officer $81,197 $96,539 2024
Algae Biomass Organization IA$376,631 Executive Director $49,538 $60,026 2024
First African Community Development Corporation GA$376,657 Executive Director $70,000 $77,890 2024
North Texas Commission Foundation TX$373,025 President & Ceo $49,182 $54,444 2024
Public Facilities Group WA$372,854 President $234,000 $238,694 2023
Beverage Association Of Tennessee TN$372,819 President & Treas $230,057 $267,612 2024
Ypo Bayou City TX$377,049 Chapter Manager $48,009 $51,776 2025
Durham Central Park NC$377,564 Executive Dir. $86,377 $98,769 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Olivia Goldstein) 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 1757 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,000 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.