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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Research Institute For Housing America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 366109824
DC · NTEE B50I
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edward J Seiler, Executive Director / CEO ($54,930) against the 2000 closest of 2,602 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Edward J Seiler — reported title “RIHA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,602 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $608,162 $54,930
$9,46210th
$26,01425th
$50,371Median
$76,65775th
$107,12890th
$54,930This org · 55th
p10$9,462
p25$26,014
p50$50,371
p75$76,657
p90$107,128
$54,930

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 DC 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
Heart Sense Corporation LA$253,733 President $113,968 $143,009 2024
Learning Tree Christian School WY$253,768 School Director $40,277 $49,149 2024
Heart To Home Learning GA$253,628 Chief Executive Officer $24,175 $28,518 2023
Plan Pais Inc CT$253,841 Executive Di $62,100 $68,311 2023
North Shore Coalition IL$253,489 Executive Director $13,924 $16,060 2023
Hilltop Nursery School Of Costa Mesa CA$253,479 Director $37,840 $37,235 2024
Batavia Foundation For Educational IL$253,959 Administrator $6,148 $6,888 2024
Cocal Gracias AZ$253,446 President And Director $46,548 $51,014 2024
Meadowlands Regional 2040 Foundation Inc NJ$253,386 President & Ceo $7,311 $7,439 2024
Great And Small Inc CA$254,066 Dirctor $17,500 $17,729 2023
Charter Schools Action Fund DC$254,081 Ceo Of Napcs - Until 12/23 $30,188 $30,188 2024
Wattsnatural Tutoring RI$253,345 Executive Di $83,567 $91,314 2024
Run Hard Rest Well Inc IN$253,340 Executive Dir. $60,000 $74,234 2023
Keys Learning Center Inc FL$254,113 Executive Director $70,000 $77,151 2023
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $8,459 2025
College Of Idaho 2nd Century Fund ID$254,153 Vp Finance & Administration $14,291 $17,324 2024
Nashville Coaching Coalition TN$254,196 Executive Director $100,401 $123,817 2023
Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation MD$254,208 Director $120,000 $127,846 2024
North Coast Builders Exchange CA$253,168 Chief Executive Officer $17,698 $17,930 2023
Give A Little OR$253,149 Admin Director $46,800 $49,527 2024
Consortium For North American Higher Education Collaboration Con AZ$253,145 Executive Director And Treasurer $13,266 $14,539 2024
Purple Moose Enrichment Preschool Inc IL$254,290 President $97,485 $109,215 2024
Manara College NJ$253,081 President $9,300 $9,462 2024
American Innovation University CA$253,081 Ceo $166,667 $168,847 2023
Southeast Library System MN$253,075 Executive Director $33,420 $36,662 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Edward J Seiler) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,930 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.