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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510178908
OH · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Cervay, Executive Director / CEO ($1,046) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Michael Cervay — reported title “Interim Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$346 total compensation of comparable organizations → $254,619 $1,046
$5,59910th
$13,54625th
$32,010Median
$51,99575th
$99,32790th
$1,046This org · 2nd
p10$5,599
p25$13,546
p50$32,010
p75$51,995
p90$99,327
$1,046

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 OH 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
Vinfen Corporation Of Larchmont Inc MA$94,515 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,360 2023
The Gilmour-jirgens Fund MI$91,606 Secretary/treasurer/director $64,903 $63,249 2024
Brooklyn Health Equity Foundation Inc NY$91,567 Chairman $91,000 $77,638 2024
Community Foundation Of The Valleys CA$91,265 Executive Director $17,500 $14,689 2023
Cotton Electric Charitable OK$90,187 Director $176,286 $178,549 2025
Mad Anthony Childrens Foundation IN$89,150 Executive Dir. $34,000 $33,852 2024
Arise Foundation Inc NY$98,289 Ceo (Through Dec 2024) $17,821 $15,204 2024
Western Reserve Area Agency On Aging OH$88,626 Ceo $41,528 $41,528 2024
Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging LA$100,031 Executive Director $24,758 $25,739 2024
Kansas City Kansas Area Chamber KS$87,004 President (F $3,686 $3,760 2024
Joyal Capital Management Foundation Inc MA$86,055 Clerk, Director, Program Director $55,008 $48,049 2023
United Way Of Franklin County IN$85,982 Executive Director $30,022 $30,775 2023
Renaissance Internationalinc FL$102,475 President $20,000 $17,739 2024
The Mike Gallagher Show Charitable NY$84,008 Executive Di $117,200 $102,944 2023
Lev Chai NJ$82,749 Trustee $7,000 $5,901 2024
Canton-inwood Area Health Foundation SD$81,750 Executive Director $25,077 $26,130 2024
Sophia Transformative Leadership WI$105,927 Executive Di $65,958 $65,037 2024
The Ascension Fund Inc LA$105,954 Executive Dir. $41,500 $44,420 2023
The Kranzberg Foundation MO$106,881 Director $31,092 $32,010 2023
Friends Of Cmh Sumner Community IA$80,040 Cha/cfo $33,982 $35,130 2024
United Way Of Kaufman County TX$107,719 Exe Director $43,218 $40,817 2024
The Louisa Swain Foundation WY$78,506 Executive Di $36,000 $36,396 2024
History Heritage And Hope FL$76,758 Executive Director $6,248 $5,542 2024
Hope Center Foundation Inc KY$110,929 Coo $30,099 $31,433 2023
Zoomie Foundation CA$75,815 Treasurer $60,000 $50,361 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Michael Cervay) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,046 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.