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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Demarest Farm 2 Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274939264
NJ · NTEE L20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carolyn Jaime, Executive Director / CEO ($25,881) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 204 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

204 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 204 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$886 total compensation of comparable organizations → $329,898 $25,881
$7,59010th
$18,40025th
$35,110Median
$60,76175th
$84,51590th
$25,881This org · 36th
p10$7,590
p25$18,400
p50$35,110
p75$60,761
p90$84,515
$25,881

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
Keystone Place Housing Corporation MO$124,886 Executive Director $9,171 $10,879 2024
Lss Housing Woodside Inc WI$124,913 President $40,683 $47,587 2024
Ken-crest Housing Pa 2010 Inc PA$123,922 Ceo $29,531 $32,984 2024
Northern Area Homes Inc PA$123,694 Maintenance $12,300 $13,738 2024
Lss Housing Prairieview Inc WI$126,479 President $40,683 $47,587 2024
Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp NY$122,719 President/ceo $180,441 $182,621 2024
Potomac River Homes Inc MD$126,731 President $20,272 $21,854 2023
Asi - Watertown Inc MN$122,487 President/tr $68,006 $73,323 2025
New Century Center CA$122,407 Ceo $23,461 $22,690 2024
Oxford Trace Apartments Inc TX$127,450 President/ce $18,400 $20,615 2024
Mental Health Center Of Champaign IL$121,789 Director $42,513 $46,812 2024
Monhegan Island Sustainable ME$120,599 Treasurer $2,200 $2,467 2024
Pahc Sheridan Apartments Inc CA$128,828 President & Ceo $65,172 $63,030 2024
Housing Opportunities Corporation PA$128,887 Executive Director $8,219 $9,180 2024
Worthington Christian Village OH$128,925 Ceo / Exec Dir $3,360 $4,103 2023
Mercy Properties Washington CO$129,164 President/director $43,633 $46,860 2024
Southeastern Development Opportunit MS$129,213 Exec Dir $61,072 $76,183 2024
Asi Rochester Inc MN$120,032 President/tr $65,715 $72,727 2024
Inland Equity Community Land Trust CA$129,385 Executive Director $36,143 $34,955 2024
Bethesda Spruce Street Development PA$119,748 Ceo $11,765 $13,141 2024
Comunidad Corporation TX$129,675 Exec Dir/pres $108,900 $122,008 2024
Spf-ster-iv IL$129,997 President/ceo $30,975 $35,114 2023
Lss Housing Woodview Inc WI$119,194 President $40,683 $47,587 2024
James Valley Apartments Inc SD$130,414 Manager $12,113 $14,973 2024
Perry S Hall Inc VA$130,741 Secretary $28,094 $30,382 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 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 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Carolyn Jaime) 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 204 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,881 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.