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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wayne Densch Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311512999
FL · NTEE L21
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carole Mason, Executive Director / CEO ($81,522) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 228 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carole Mason — reported title “FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

228 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 228 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$81 total compensation of comparable organizations → $495,273 $81,522
$9,12310th
$21,09925th
$38,312Median
$58,07175th
$91,58090th
$81,522This org · 87th
p10$9,123
p25$21,099
p50$38,312
p75$58,071
p90$91,580
$81,522

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 FL 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
Sayre Christian Village Apts Ii Inc KY$495,528 Non-voting Board Member $6,346 $7,049 2024
Continental Gardens Housing Corporation MT$493,615 Executive Director $19,661 $21,913 2024
Luther Village Iii Of Dover Inc DE$498,818 Executive Director $5,345 $5,412 2024
Snhs Elderly Housing Iv Inc NH$500,310 Treasurer $53,564 $49,820 2025
United Church Residences Of West Jackson OH$501,185 Treasurer $34,230 $38,593 2023
Nhdc Hampton Court Apartments Inc CA$487,216 President $13,750 $12,277 2024
St David's Non-profit Housing MI$505,148 Assistant Secretary $69,471 $72,229 2025
Mercy Siena Springs Inc CO$506,024 Director $34,463 $35,177 2023
Abbey Rhf Housing Inc CA$483,873 President/ceo $68,128 $60,825 2024
La Casa Village Inc WI$510,152 Board Member $21,467 $23,180 2024
Alexandria Ministries Inc CO$479,026 President $11,727 $11,970 2023
Bivins Village Phase Ii TX$511,112 President $52,498 $54,297 2024
Dublin Transit Eah Inc CA$478,483 President $32,623 $29,126 2024
Habitat Housing Solutions Inc FL$477,289 President & Ceo $31,879 $31,879 2023
The Gamelin Association WA$512,816 President $535,028 $495,273 2024
Jonah Affordable Housing TN$476,478 Executive Director $37,497 $40,752 2024
Montcalm Housing Corporation MI$515,093 Secretary $10,580 $11,291 2024
Epworth Village KS$515,179 Manager $81,570 $91,115 2024
Wesco Housing Corporation OH$515,830 President $30,476 $33,375 2024
The Landing Apartments MN$473,206 President & Executive Vp $22,614 $23,103 2024
National Church Residences Development OH$472,912 President $46,401 $50,814 2024
Dr Lynch Foundation CA$518,707 Director $61,321 $53,337 2025
Marin Homes For Independent Living CO$470,536 President $22,009 $21,821 2024
Change Happens Cdc TX$468,693 Executive Director $125,000 $133,102 2023
Great Falls Housing Corporation NJ$468,644 Chair/president $11,741 $11,159 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Carole Mason) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 228 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,522 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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 13, 2026.