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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Healthy Neighborhood Enterprises

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464299259
VA · NTEE S30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terez Patterson, Executive Director / CEO ($65,337) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Terez Patterson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,286 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,275 $65,337
$11,20010th
$30,93125th
$58,687Median
$79,17375th
$96,13990th
$65,337This org · 52nd
p10$11,200
p25$30,931
p50$58,687
p75$79,173
p90$96,139
$65,337

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 VA 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
Perris Community Economic Development Co CA$200,227 Chief Executive Director $27,674 $24,749 2023
Emancipation Economic Development Council TX$198,287 Executive Director $93,674 $94,263 2024
Crazy Love Africa CO$203,713 Executive Director $11,000 $10,924 2023
Catalyst Community Capital Inc FL$195,564 Ceo / Board Member $11,002 $10,704 2023
Foodworks Alliance Llc OH$195,468 Executive Di $34,678 $38,040 2023
Montana West Economic Development MT$205,356 President/ceo $11,287 $12,239 2024
Stanly County Convention And Vistiors Bureau Inc NC$206,625 Director $50,977 $51,621 2025
Common Wealth Inc OH$208,039 Executive Director $34,698 $36,971 2024
Old Town Commercial Association MI$208,424 Executive Director $66,308 $68,850 2024
Northwest Wisconsin Economic WI$208,540 Fiscal Manager $44,333 $46,576 2024
Chautauqua Opportunities For NY$191,315 Ceo $20,241 $18,399 2024
Gateway South Innovation District MO$209,054 President $63,747 $69,927 2023
Blades Economic Development Corporation DE$190,730 Dockmaster $19,200 $18,912 2024
Keyah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance NM$190,416 Chief Executive Officer $60,500 $65,459 2024
Elwood Community Development Corporation IN$210,909 Executive Director $7,097 $7,528 2024
Boonslick Community Development MO$213,628 Ex Officio M $87,706 $96,209 2023
Columbus Compact Corporation OH$213,718 President & $80,900 $86,197 2024
The Quilt Corporation Nfp Inc IL$183,028 President $11,700 $11,571 2024
Bay Area Women Coalition Inc AL$217,019 Executive Di $54,000 $58,687 2024
Betamore Inc MD$217,026 Executive Dir. $77,500 $75,041 2023
Sustain Blaine Inc ID$182,961 Executive Director $110,000 $117,715 2024
Gallatin Valley Foundation For Economic MT$182,243 Executive Dir $12,546 $13,605 2024
Inner City Green Team Economic And Enviromental Development NY$217,956 Charlton $100,000 $90,902 2024
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance MN$181,975 Founder Board Member $71,030 $68,785 2025
Elevate Edgerton Inc KS$220,011 President/tr $137,815 $149,776 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Terez Patterson) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,337 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.