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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walnut Affordable Housing Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521982708
NY · NTEE L80I
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephen M Green, Executive Director / CEO ($39,986) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Stephen M Green — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$179 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,982 $39,986
$5,54310th
$11,45425th
$24,652Median
$47,01975th
$100,51290th
$39,986This org · 69th
p10$5,543
p25$11,454
p50$24,652
p75$47,019
p90$100,512
$39,986

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
Heritage Plaza Phase I CA$64,407 President $187 $179 2024
Anvil-richard Allen Gardens Inc FL$63,184 President $32,805 $34,105 2024
Dakota Land Trust SD$70,961 Executive Di $2,970 $3,627 2024
San Juan Housing Corporation CO$60,557 President $22,009 $23,355 2024
New Visions Housing Corporation CA$74,606 Executive Director $26,967 $26,531 2023
Collaborative Development Corporation FL$74,770 Presidentceo $17,312 $17,998 2024
Adirondack Housing Development Fund Co NY$75,437 Project Manager $11,997 $11,997 2024
Union Apartment Project Inc NJ$75,452 President(term 12/2022) $98,598 $100,298 2023
Maxcen Housing Society Inc New Mexico Branch NM$75,884 Ceo $5,162 $6,144 2024
Communities For Healing & Justice NY$56,807 Executive Director $136,500 $132,982 2025
Denison Community Investment Corp TX$54,149 Secretary/treasurer $10,050 $11,454 2023
Central Ohio Housing Development OH$79,340 Executive Director (Thru April 24) $8,578 $10,054 2024
Marblehead Community Housing Corporation MA$79,953 Executive Director $24,789 $24,652 2024
Greenfield Housing Associates Inc MA$53,119 Chairperson $1,500 $1,492 2024
La Casa Dona Here Inc PR$80,730 Adm $7,200 $7,413 2023
Houston Area Urban Community TX$80,841 Executive Director $115,304 $127,641 2024
Maxcen Housing Society Inc Indiana Branch IN$80,935 Ceo $5,160 $6,022 2024
Asi - Hennepin County Inc MN$51,525 President/tr $68,006 $72,447 2025
Home Forward Community Partnerships OR$49,628 President $98,636 $101,368 2024
Cape Fear Regional Community Development NC$46,395 Executive Director $65,096 $74,435 2024
Vista Homes Housing Corporation CA$88,059 Executive Director $26,967 $26,531 2023
Muskogee Habitat For Humanity OK$45,022 Executive Dir. $22,404 $27,301 2024
Vesta Four Inc MD$88,794 President $21,417 $22,158 2024
Lss Housing Center Street Inc WI$89,500 President $40,683 $47,019 2024
Lss Housing Granville Inc WI$91,084 President $38,239 $45,499 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Stephen M Green) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,986 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.