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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walker Housing Fund Dima-fi Lm

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 436923927
NJ · NTEE L11
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ann Lott, Executive Director / CEO ($16,309) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$867 total compensation of comparable organizations → $238,442 $16,309
$6,76610th
$16,31325th
$27,429Median
$57,44475th
$94,31990th
$16,309This org · 25th
p10$6,766
p25$16,313
p50$27,429
p75$57,444
p90$94,319
$16,309

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 NJ 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
Center For Building In NY$18,535 President $171,825 $173,901 2023
Community Services Housing Development NY$17,948 Executive Dir. $9,231 $9,074 2024
Wynnton Neighborhood Housing Inc GA$19,043 Ex-officio Exec Secretary $24,000 $26,252 2024
Comact Housing Corporation CO$19,487 Executive Director Of Housing $25,667 $27,565 2023
Independence I Inc NJ$19,698 President $59,141 $57,444 2024
Compass Foundation NV$17,067 President $30,000 $32,714 2024
Creative Housing Inc Viii OH$19,886 President $8,713 $10,336 2023
Sands Drive Housing Inc CA$16,528 Executive Director $246,543 $238,442 2023
Kentucky Realtors Relief Foundation Inc KY$16,320 Chief Executive Officer $16,051 $19,314 2023
Block 23 Housing Corporation CO$20,670 Ceo $29,760 $31,961 2023
Maher Homes Inc MD$20,831 President $20,272 $21,227 2023
Acacia Puerto Rico Inc NY$21,000 President $101,830 $100,104 2024
Help Opportunities And Programs CA$21,416 President $3,000 $2,818 2024
Episcopal Housing Foundation Of RI$15,377 Trustee $57,923 $62,207 2023
Miriam And Robert M Rieder House Inc PA$21,471 Executive Director $23,138 $25,102 2024
Stuart Retirement Homes Inc IA$21,532 President $728 $867 2024
National Community Renaissance FL$15,125 President $13,750 $14,053 2024
Boston Homeowner Services Collaborative MA$21,771 Chief Executive Officer $39,784 $40,041 2023
Telacu Homes Inc CA$14,997 Pres/director $29,053 $27,292 2024
Porchlight Foundation Inc WI$21,976 Secretary $30,000 $35,091 2023
Elks National Home And Retirement Center IL$22,052 Grand Secretary $21,257 $22,735 2024
Kimmel Housing Development Foundation NY$14,633 Secretary/ceo/director $91,754 $92,863 2023
Tarheel Regional Community Development Corporation NC$22,625 President $12,000 $13,887 2023
Memorial Drive Community IL$14,041 President & Ceo $50,615 $54,134 2024
Polaris Endeavors Inc FL$22,932 Ceo/secretary $29,980 $30,639 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Ann Lott) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,309 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.