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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

301 Housing Development Fund Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462592248
NY · NTEE I21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexa Sewell, Executive Director / CEO ($38,386) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,575 total compensation of comparable organizations → $359,945 $38,386
$20,62110th
$38,98325th
$62,926Median
$76,93375th
$90,24190th
$38,386This org · 24th
p10$20,621
p25$38,983
p50$62,926
p75$76,933
p90$90,241
$38,386

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 NY 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
The Delta Project MI$244,281 Director $75,000 $83,211 2024
1614-1622 Jonquil Terrace IL$249,733 Executive Director/ceo $19,212 $20,902 2023
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $57,624 2024
Kim Logan Communications MI$224,139 President $24,000 $26,627 2024
A Vision Of Change Incorporated OH$254,025 Executive Director $80,400 $94,238 2023
Nokomis East Neighborhood Association MN$214,947 Executive Director $70,513 $74,894 2024
Take Action Mon Valley PA$210,446 President & Ceo $70,250 $75,303 2024
Inner Banks Stem Center NC$208,896 President $6,625 $7,575 2023
Dayonenotdaytwo PA$207,532 Executive Director $10,565 $11,325 2024
Granite Falls Community Coalition & Food WA$271,359 Food Bank Director $51,400 $50,927 2023
Lived Experiences Inc CA$205,975 Founder $42,000 $38,983 2024
Babylon Inc VA$202,845 Director $72,000 $76,933 2023
Virginia Mentoring Partnership VA$275,801 Executive Di $83,246 $84,171 2025
Community Youth Athletic Center CA$198,373 President/exec. Dir. $72,500 $67,293 2024
Roosevelt Park Ministries Inc MI$280,833 Executive Director $78,751 $89,953 2023
Rivington Housing Development Fund NY$281,793 President/ed $61,872 $60,097 2024
Fresh Start Inc CO$192,131 Executive Di $42,998 $45,627 2023
Rebound Of Whatcom County WA$191,583 Executive Director $76,830 $76,123 2023
Stanly County Juvenile Restitution NC$190,578 Executive Di $74,610 $80,730 2025
Skillful Living Center Inc TX$300,351 Chief Executive Office $85,000 $91,395 2024
Changing The Health Of Adolescents Impacting The Nation Reaction Inc CA$308,759 Ceo $19,600 $19,498 2022
Gang Free Inc NC$164,557 Executive Di $29,770 $34,041 2023
Johnston County Youth Services Inc NC$320,372 Executive Di $56,656 $62,926 2024
Aliive Roberts County Inc SD$322,713 Executive Director $303,418 $359,945 2024
Public Safety Foundation MN$323,739 Executive Director/director $31,500 $33,457 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Alexa Sewell) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,386 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.