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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Homestead Enterprise Housing Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 351929988
IN · NTEE L22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maria Carmen Paniagua, Executive Director / CEO ($15,107) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maria Carmen Paniagua — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,107 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,094,416 $15,107
$7,82910th
$14,28225th
$25,683Median
$47,85675th
$106,26290th
$15,107This org · 26th
p10$7,829
p25$14,282
p50$25,683
p75$47,856
p90$106,262
$15,107

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 IN 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
Asset Holdings Inc GA$0 Ceo/director $471,348 $436,520 2024
Provident Group Girard Properties Inc LA$0 President $27,395 $28,605 2023
Garden City Neighbors Inc MT$0 Executive Di $3,614 $3,588 2024
Westminster Foundation Iii Inc FL$0 Ceo/presiden $44,437 $38,450 2024
Douglas Gardens Holding Corp Inc FL$0 President $14,478 $12,528 2024
George T Douris Housing Development NY$0 Executive Director $24,759 $20,607 2024
Fhcsd Housing Inc CA$0 President, Ceo $60,907 $49,872 2023
The Peak Inc CO$0 Board Chair $15,697 $13,864 2024
High Plains Housing Resources Inc KS$0 Executive Director $48,469 $48,229 2024
Cpnj-laurel Inc NJ$0 President - Ceo $19,321 $15,889 2024
Chesapeake Bay Housing Inc VA$0 Chairman $17,050 $15,163 2024
Peace Center Properties SC$0 Assistant Treasurer $29,949 $28,778 2024
Esperanza Rhf Housing CA$0 President/ceo $76,739 $61,033 2024
Nsi - Lincoln County MO$0 Ceo $5,743 $5,602 2024
Win Housing Development Fund Company NY$0 President & Ceo $8,404 $6,995 2024
Perth Amboy Housing Inc NJ$0 Executive Director $256,277 $210,751 2024
Hrca Brookline Housing 108 Centre Street Inc MA$0 President And Ceo (Thru 7/2023, Returned 5/2024 To Current) $84,903 $70,272 2024
431 Herkimer Street Hdfc Inc NY$0 Ceo $41,741 $34,740 2024
1559 Boone Avenue Housing Development NY$0 Ceo $41,741 $34,740 2024
Judson Terrace Homes Inc CA$0 Chief Executive Officer $40,383 $32,118 2024
Menorah Plaza Housing Corporation MN$0 Ceo $22,194 $20,199 2024
Episcopal Home At West Columbia SC$0 Ceo $116,170 $111,626 2024
House New York Inc NY$0 President And Ceo $31,675 $26,363 2024
Plymouth Place Holdings Inc IL$0 Chief Executive Officer $31,372 $28,408 2024
Heartland Housing Inc IL$0 President/ceo (Part Year) $64,935 $58,799 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Maria Carmen Paniagua) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,107 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.