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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Housing Resource Group Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300105836
NY · NTEE L21
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Karl, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 130 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

130 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 130 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,447 total compensation of comparable organizations → $236,796 $10,000
$7,80910th
$12,78125th
$24,872Median
$41,34975th
$63,80990th
$10,000This org · 14th
p10$7,809
p25$12,781
p50$24,872
p75$41,349
p90$63,809
$10,000

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
Nccs - Housing Families First MI$79,533 President/ceo $25,919 $30,390 2024
Grundy County Supportive Housing Corporation MO$79,324 Executive Director $17,438 $21,600 2023
Lss Housing Waukesha Hickory Flats Inc WI$79,130 President $40,683 $48,263 2024
Freeport Community Development Inc NY$79,000 President/director $3,000 $3,079 2024
8200-8300 Franklin Blvd OH$78,955 Executive Director $37,042 $44,566 2024
Shdc No 9 Inc HI$78,428 Assistant Secretary $12,721 $13,319 2023
Independent Living Horizons Ten Inc GA$80,919 President/ceo $21,151 $24,872 2023
Allies Homes 2004 Inc NJ$80,935 Chief Executive Officer $29,476 $29,895 2024
Cathedral Terrace Inc FL$80,984 Ceo/exec Dir $36,132 $38,557 2024
Hawkeye Housing Nfp IL$81,691 President $82,909 $92,589 2024
Mother Teresa House Inc DE$81,900 Executive Director $14,243 $15,842 2024
Ken-crest Housing Pa 2000 Inc PA$76,628 Ceo $29,531 $33,452 2024
Greater Springfield Residences Inc MA$83,170 Clerk, Director $161,815 $165,175 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services Of MN$83,794 Executive Director $9,333 $10,785 2023
Creative Housing Inc Vi OH$84,329 President $8,713 $10,793 2023
Homes For Independence Space Coast Inc FL$84,397 President/ceo $38,173 $41,938 2023
Mosaic Housing Corp Xiv - Rockford NE$84,510 President $26,896 $32,861 2024
Affordable Senior Housing Of MA$74,574 Executive Director $7,138 $7,809 2022
Evans Place Housing Inc NJ$74,331 Ceo $11,980 $12,150 2024
Mosaic Housing Corp Xx - Garden City NE$74,256 President $26,896 $32,861 2024
Shdc No 10 Inc HI$84,951 Exec. Dir. & Asst Secr. $12,721 $13,319 2023
Robin's Terrace Inc OH$85,117 President $9,146 $11,004 2024
Walnut Housing Development Corporation PA$85,213 Director Of Construction $13,787 $16,079 2023
Independent Living Horizons Twelve Inc GA$72,061 President/ceo $21,151 $24,872 2023
Lulac Amistad Apartments TX$87,184 Director $10,500 $12,283 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (John Karl) 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 130 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.