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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mlk Avenue Redevelopment Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 631088214
AL · NTEE S310
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daphne Pierce, Executive Director / CEO ($90,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,823 $90,000
$9,94310th
$26,03725th
$54,636Median
$81,23175th
$112,42090th
$90,000This org · 80th
p10$9,943
p25$26,037
p50$54,636
p75$81,231
p90$112,420
$90,000

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 AL 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
Common Ground Works Inc WI$292,983 Executive Director $23,192 $22,420 2023
Willow Springs Community Foundation MO$295,121 Executive Director $53,300 $50,756 2024
Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise IN$295,205 Executive Director $5,000 $4,741 2024
Lakeview Community Partnership OR$288,876 Secretary/treasurer $4,438 $3,706 2024
Growing High Point NC$298,351 Executive Di $75,000 $69,674 2024
Fresno Revitalization Corporation CA$285,903 Exec. Dir./ceo $164,353 $124,308 2025
Johnstown Industrial Development Corpora PA$300,167 Former President, Ceo $41,441 $37,156 2024
Akron Development Corporation OH$284,160 Vice President $51,130 $50,127 2023
South Waterfront Community Relations OR$284,115 Executive Director $141,500 $118,143 2024
Louisville Asset Building Coalition Inc KY$283,128 Program Director $65,720 $61,845 2025
Cultivala Inc CA$279,547 President $43,680 $34,913 2023
Your Store Of The Queen City OH$305,411 Executive Director $8,762 $8,590 2023
Pederec Inc VA$308,373 Director $58,420 $50,715 2024
Lemmon Area Charitable And SD$276,018 Executive Dir. $43,200 $42,866 2024
Brooks Gives Back Inc TX$274,902 President & Ceo $40,675 $36,581 2024
Frameworks Community Development TX$272,890 Executive Director $125,634 $112,991 2024
Downtown Eau Claire Inc WI$272,356 Executive Di $2,179 $2,046 2024
Aerozone Alliance OH$314,982 Executive Director $226,641 $215,823 2024
Aaa Residential Resources Inc TN$269,539 President And Executive Director $50,000 $47,253 2024
Custer Economic Development NE$267,078 Executive Di $56,500 $54,636 2024
Algiers Economic Development Foundation LA$318,937 Former Executive Director $72,042 $69,483 2025
Boc Development Corporation NY$261,928 President $34,036 $28,469 2023
Regional Economic Development PA$323,611 President $67,544 $60,559 2024
Campaign For A Drug Free Westside IL$260,009 Ceo $56,950 $50,338 2024
Opportunity Transformation Investments IL$326,850 President $30,240 $26,729 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL cost of living and 2023 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 AL 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Daphne Pierce) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,000 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.