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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bushwick Workshop Space Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471841469
NY · NTEE S21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marilyn Alexander, Executive Director / CEO ($40,854) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,919 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,710 $40,854
$26,03910th
$50,05025th
$62,849Median
$83,61875th
$102,70790th
$40,854This org · 20th
p10$26,039
p25$50,050
p50$62,849
p75$83,618
p90$102,707
$40,854

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
Mobile United Inc AL$155,225 Executive Director $54,393 $63,354 2025
Macalester-groveland Community Council MN$153,466 Executive Director $45,771 $50,050 2024
Citizens Against Strada Verde CA$151,656 Secretary $11,426 $10,919 2024
Our Town Frederiksted Inc VI$149,892 Consultant $29,184 $29,184 2024
American Civil Liberties Union Of OK$149,798 Executive Di $19,648 $23,943 2024
Roosevelt County Community NM$149,702 Executive Dire $57,579 $68,534 2024
Equidad Atx Inc TX$183,387 President And Exec Dir $109,819 $121,569 2024
Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition NY$185,858 Director $86,116 $86,116 2024
Glen Cove Downtown District NY$187,258 Director $49,984 $51,460 2023
Downtown Canandaigua Business Management NY$191,704 C.e.o. $45,128 $46,461 2023
Reach Waupun Inc WI$192,333 Executive Director $27,410 $30,862 2025
Oakland Transportation Management Associ PA$193,830 Executive Director $103,089 $113,768 2024
Ofbyfor All Inc NJ$120,200 Ceo $161,917 $164,710 2023
Dyslexia Resource Center SC$196,445 Executive Director $44,600 $53,011 2023
Circlevillepickaway Chamber OH$118,068 Executive Di $65,520 $76,797 2024
Mvp Education Fund CO$115,073 Executive Director $47,958 $50,890 2024
Queen Anne Neighbors For Responsible Growth WA$203,550 Executive Director $81,974 $83,618 2023
Mercy Drive Ministries Inc FL$203,672 Executive Director $48,739 $54,305 2022
Charlotteeast NC$108,731 Executive Director $75,000 $85,760 2024
New Mexico Association Of Community Partners NM$208,602 Executive Director $67,420 $78,179 2025
Greensboro Community Television Inc NC$215,106 Executive Director $73,588 $84,145 2024
Gramatan Village Inc NY$217,697 Executive Di $75,000 $75,000 2024
Pueblo Organizado En Defensa De La TX$225,929 Director $45,833 $52,236 2023
Renewing Homes Of Greater Augusta Inc VA$228,987 Executive Dir. $17,730 $18,457 2025
Sheridan Service Center MT$233,421 Director $54,080 $62,849 2025

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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Marilyn Alexander) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,854 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.