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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gracie Mansion Conservancy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521241502
NY · NTEE A82
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhonda Binda, Executive Director / CEO ($200,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51,618 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,656 $200,000
$60,00210th
$67,80725th
$83,164Median
$115,77975th
$131,26590th
$200,000This org · 100th
p10$60,002
p25$67,807
p50$83,164
p75$115,779
p90$131,265
$200,000

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
Hallockville Inc NY$454,068 Executive Di $86,539 $88,829 2024
Huntington Historical Society NY$461,277 Executive Director $75,500 $77,498 2024
Suffolk County Historical Society NY$416,792 Executive Director $95,567 $100,993 2023
Hamburg Natural History Society Inc NY$409,251 Executive Director $65,345 $67,074 2024
Historical Society Of NY$398,815 Executive Dir. $59,039 $59,039 2025
Delaware County Historical Association NY$376,471 Executive Dir. $48,845 $51,618 2023
Smithtown Historical Museums NY$369,725 Executive Director $110,923 $113,858 2024
Anne Frank Center Usa Inc NY$368,364 Chief Executive Officer $173,077 $177,656 2024
Morris Jumel Mansion Inc NY$366,499 Executive Director $96,635 $99,192 2024
Landmark West Inc NY$360,533 Exec Director $118,410 $121,543 2024
Albany County Historical Association NY$320,977 Executive Director $57,689 $60,964 2023
Carousel Society Of The Niagara NY$310,499 Executive Director $64,395 $68,051 2023
Oneida County Historical Society Inc NY$302,691 Executive Director $66,992 $68,765 2024
Holocaust Museum & Center For NY$592,803 Ceo $127,283 $130,651 2024
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village NY$598,347 Executive Director $70,500 $72,365 2024
The Bedford Historical Societyinc NY$611,580 Executive Di $124,793 $131,878 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 2025 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Rhonda Binda) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A82) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $200,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.