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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Business Innovation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391850370
WI · NTEE L80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mariann Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($44,333) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 88 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

88 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 88 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$745 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,046 $44,333
$10,68110th
$20,04825th
$45,579Median
$73,52075th
$89,78990th
$44,333This org · 47th
p10$10,681
p25$20,048
p50$45,579
p75$73,520
p90$89,789
$44,333

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 WI 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
Ccu Student Housing Foundation SC$326,037 Executive Director $21,825 $21,802 2024
Mercy Bond Properties Nebraska I CO$325,173 Vice President $34,402 $32,519 2023
Home Ownership Made Easy WI$325,162 Executive Di $75,922 $75,922 2024
Baytown Supportive Housing Inc MN$323,402 President/tr $65,715 $64,012 2023
Housing Assistance Corporation Of Jasper Alabama AL$322,117 Secretary Treasurer (Officer) $15,209 $15,733 2024
The Admiral At The Lake Foundation IL$322,028 Ceo $1,809 $1,753 2023
Oasis Of Hope Community Development Corporation In FL$319,374 President $85,772 $77,153 2024
Sacramento Community Land Trust Inc CA$318,590 Executive Dir. $106,467 $88,029 2024
Metzger Park Apartments Inc OR$334,989 Executive Dir. $149,051 $132,537 2024
Petra Community Housing PA$335,521 Executive Di $56,643 $54,087 2024
Guardian Angel Life Services Inc NE$315,505 President $9,153 $9,426 2024
Community Housing Council Of Fresno CA$315,026 Executive Dir. $100,000 $82,682 2024
Sunshine Home Share Colorado CO$342,641 Executive Di $79,497 $72,990 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services Of Jamaica Cdc Inc NY$306,697 Executive Director $129,644 $115,486 2023
Westown Jubilee Housing MI$305,770 Executive Director $82,284 $81,323 2024
Baden Presbyterian Senior Housing Inc PA$303,198 Director And President $37,604 $35,907 2024
New Hope Community Development Non Profit Housing MI$349,165 Executive Director $102,916 $104,719 2023
Mercy Gardens CO$349,249 President $22,009 $20,207 2024
Komohale Services HI$302,585 Executive Director $203,022 $174,046 2024
Supportive Housing Association NJ$349,686 Executive Di $64,930 $57,149 2023
United North East Community IN$299,742 Executive Di $77,785 $78,544 2024
Dream Live Hope Foundation CA$298,425 President $52,083 $44,335 2023
Ridgeway Village Associates Inc OR$353,844 President $21,359 $19,554 2023
Milwaukee Community Land Trust Ltd WI$354,106 Executive Di $83,276 $83,276 2024
Partners In Opportunity Inc CA$355,752 President & Dir $50,000 $42,562 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Mariann Jones) 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 88 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,333 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.