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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ellen E & Victor J Cohn

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311606939
OH · NTEE S12
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Barry Reis, Executive Director / CEO ($40,331) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 10 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Barry Reis — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

10 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 10 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,419 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,436 $40,331
$9,34310th
$10,02425th
$16,431Median
$50,69275th
$122,40090th
$40,331This org · 70th
p10$9,343
p25$10,024
p50$16,431
p75$50,692
p90$122,400
$40,331

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 OH 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
Carnegie Community Development Corporation PA$3,532 Executive Director $9,206 $8,419 2024
Lchc Holdings Inc HI$2,797 President $11,923 $9,789 2024
Local Union 97-building Corp NY$3,750 Bus.rep $12,574 $10,728 2023
Greater Wyoming Community Resource MI$3,782 Secretary $35,833 $33,918 2024
Poco Realty Development Corporation VA$2,392 Administrator $137,600 $121,840 2024
East Baltimore Development MD$2,389 President An $24,515 $21,639 2023
Rfd Cdc NC$2,331 Director/coo $57,693 $56,283 2023
Visit Victoria Usa $2,312 Officer $131,200 $127,436 2024
Hrdc Griffin Place Holding Corportation MT$4,288 President $11,352 $11,222 2024
Opportunities Inc VT$4,312 President $10,234 $9,446 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Barry Reis) 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 10 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,331 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.