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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Reflex Public Recreation Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464229574
NY · NTEE W99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kwan Wa Shum, Executive Director / CEO ($7,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $247,976 $7,000
$10,00510th
$22,85225th
$60,119Median
$88,79375th
$124,81990th
$7,000This org · 6th
p10$10,005
p25$22,852
p50$60,119
p75$88,793
p90$124,819
$7,000

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
America Scores WA$241,168 Executive Director $80,000 $79,263 2024
Driving Successful Lives MI$245,393 Treasurer $200 $228 2024
Arizonans For Tribal Government Gaming AZ$245,430 Executive Director $21,881 $23,288 2024
Gullotta House Inc NY$245,494 President $10,800 $11,119 2023
The Momentum Network TN$246,930 President/ce $67,830 $81,234 2023
Kennett Flash Inc PA$231,488 Executive Di $57,050 $62,960 2024
Aranya Solutions MT$230,397 President $12,000 $14,737 2023
Humanist Mutual Aid Network CA$258,873 Executive Dir. $4,972 $4,751 2024
The Pilcrow Foundation OR$225,026 President $56,250 $59,515 2023
Rhode Island Coalition For Children & Families Education Fund Inc RI$224,854 Executive Director $96,121 $101,998 2024
Banda Health TX$221,053 President $69,048 $76,436 2024
Nine Muses Foundation NY$220,069 Executive Director $157,199 $161,842 2023
Alltrust Payee Corporation Inc FL$266,537 President $25,490 $26,500 2024
Mindful Living Revolution CA$266,848 President $133,693 $127,756 2024
Crockett Mission TN$218,254 Ceo $8,250 $9,881 2023
Celebrate Me Week MN$217,117 Camp Administrator $10,897 $12,268 2023
People Matter IL$216,495 Co-president $58,880 $62,408 2025
Sandy Springs Arts Foundation Inc GA$212,856 Foundation Mgr. $85,000 $94,581 2024
Natura International Inc DC$274,650 President $9,824 $9,540 2024
Arise & Go CA$211,406 President $79,793 $76,250 2024
American Immigration Control Foundation VA$276,933 President $5,250 $5,610 2024
Values To Action OR$208,951 Trustee $15,593 $16,025 2024
The South County News MI$207,769 President $14,245 $16,271 2024
New Americans Initiative KY$207,754 Director Of Operations $99,680 $118,515 2024
San Luis Obispo County Bicycle CA$280,309 Executive Di $68,350 $67,244 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Kwan Wa Shum) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.