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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Habitat For Humanity Of Cherokee

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570942059
SC · NTEE L20Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Harvey, Executive Director / CEO ($5,090) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Harvey — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,690 $5,090
$6,92210th
$10,26925th
$22,013Median
$50,61575th
$69,63190th
$5,090This org · 8th
p10$6,922
p25$10,269
p50$22,013
p75$50,615
p90$69,631
$5,090

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 SC 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
Race Housing Corporation OH$26,596 Ceo $14,293 $14,511 2024
Mid-peninsula Holy Family Corporation CA$25,813 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $64,120 2024
Beam Homes Inc MD$25,678 President $20,272 $18,704 2023
Chynoweth Housing Inc CA$27,995 President $41,962 $35,758 2023
W A F A WA$25,054 Executive Director $15,800 $13,960 2023
Pathstone Alliance For Better Housing PA$24,967 President $2,614 $2,499 2024
Newbridge Housing Ii Inc NJ$24,757 Ceo $11,980 $10,253 2024
Independence Iii Inc NJ$24,667 President $59,141 $50,615 2024
Salt & Light Housing I Inc NJ$23,305 President $59,141 $50,615 2024
Independence Iv Inc NJ$31,417 President $59,141 $50,615 2024
Ashmore Homes Inc MD$31,435 Chair $7,418 $6,844 2023
Mp St Matthew Inc CA$31,437 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $64,120 2024
Lifetime Housing Development Corporation NY$31,753 President & Ceo $19,027 $16,481 2024
Boston Homeowner Services Collaborative MA$21,771 Chief Executive Officer $39,784 $35,281 2023
Rotary Valley Inc CA$32,377 Evp/cfo $120,262 $99,542 2024
Center For Housing Resources TX$33,160 Executive Dir. $86,029 $82,489 2024
Fswp-gl V Inc PA$33,611 Ceo $28,093 $27,647 2023
Somersworth Community Development NH$33,722 Member $10 $9 2024
Alaw Ogden Gardens Inc PA$33,948 Director Of Construction $13,787 $13,568 2023
Independence I Inc NJ$19,698 President $59,141 $50,615 2024
Hba Charitable & Educational MI$34,044 Executive Officer $7,030 $6,955 2024
Partnership Housing Inc CA$34,591 Chief Executive Officer $12,105 $10,316 2023
Wynnton Neighborhood Housing Inc GA$19,043 Ex-officio Exec Secretary $24,000 $23,131 2024
Southwest Neighborhood Housing Corp CO$34,711 Executive Director $8,935 $8,212 2024
Fellowship Realty Corp Of Massachusetts Inc RI$35,635 President $45,988 $43,517 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Jennifer Harvey) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,090 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.