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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Harambee House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431553857
MO · NTEE L99Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chi Cheung, Executive Director / CEO ($7,395) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Chi Cheung — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$210 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,554 $7,395
$5,67910th
$18,91025th
$28,932Median
$51,43975th
$78,12790th
$7,395This org · 15th
p10$5,679
p25$18,910
p50$28,932
p75$51,439
p90$78,127
$7,395

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 MO 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
Housing Associates Inc MD$133,639 Executive Director $4,329 $4,038 2023
Sunflower Diversified KS$140,625 Member, Exec Dir Sds $2,192 $2,295 2024
Thi-14 Inc IL$126,596 Chief Executive Officer $29,764 $29,196 2023
Vermont Alliance For Recovery VT$143,188 Executive Di $105,326 $102,741 2024
The Affordable Housing Group TX$121,648 Exec. Director $59,412 $59,297 2023
Auburn Housing Authority Inc KS$121,407 Manager $12,000 $12,935 2023
Belford Commons Corporation VA$148,577 Ceo/president $59,710 $55,873 2024
Attleboro Enterprises Development MA$149,909 Secretary $5,893 $5,284 2023
Family Community Housing GA$117,012 Executive Di $85,008 $82,835 2024
Lss Housing North Willow Inc WI$151,848 President $40,683 $41,176 2024
Arroyo Commons Inc CA$152,875 President $41,962 $36,153 2023
Alexander Apartments Of Plant City Inc FL$153,338 Ceo $38,719 $35,250 2024
Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association NY$110,937 Director $32,800 $27,984 2025
Broward Coalition For The Homeless FL$110,120 Chairman $91,015 $85,310 2023
Stansbury Homes Inc MD$157,839 President $20,272 $18,910 2023
Flora Vista Housing Development Fund NY$158,970 President & Ceo (Thru 4/23) $56,332 $50,789 2023
Metro North Community Development Corp FL$108,340 Executive Dir. $60,000 $54,626 2024
Portland Supportive Housing Inc OR$162,208 Finance Direc. $13,072 $11,765 2024
Tiny Village Spirit CA$104,151 Executive Director $250 $210 2024
Warriors Center For Women Phillips County AR$165,072 Secretary & Executive Director $28,100 $30,610 2024
Lss Housing South Willow Inc WI$100,492 President $38,239 $39,846 2023
Champion Place Inc NY$100,442 Treasurer $8,287 $7,257 2024
Decatur Street Residences Inc CO$167,476 President $25,082 $23,309 2024
Pendlove Inc TN$100,148 Executive Director $25,360 $26,597 2023
Housing Opportunites Made Easier CA$97,236 Executive Director $61,468 $51,439 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO cost of living and 2025 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 MO 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Chi Cheung) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,395 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.