Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lissette M Velez, Executive Director / CEO ($54,445) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 300 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Lissette M Velez — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Appleseed | NM | $284,037 | Executive Di | $151,740 | $156,222 | 2023 |
| Sheppard Military Affairs Committee | TX | $284,060 | President | $90,000 | $87,680 | 2025 |
| Batavia Mainstreet | IL | $282,717 | Executive Dir. | $67,083 | $69,064 | 2023 |
| Visions America Cdc | MD | $282,496 | President | $33,664 | $33,664 | 2024 |
| Haverford Partnership For Economic | PA | $282,424 | Executive Di | $46,453 | $47,825 | 2023 |
| The Montague Street District Management | NY | $284,926 | Executive Direc | $61,285 | $61,285 | 2024 |
| North Capital Main Street | DC | $285,374 | Executive Director | $48,182 | $49,605 | 2023 |
| Elyria Community Partnership | OH | $280,473 | Executive Director | $79,276 | $79,276 | 2024 |
| Allston Village Main Streets Inc | MA | $280,379 | Executive Director | $83,200 | $81,055 | 2025 |
| Erie Together | PA | $280,307 | Executive Director | $94,000 | $91,577 | 2025 |
| Partners For Livable Omaha | NE | $286,715 | Executive Director | $69,383 | $69,383 | 2024 |
| Connect Waukegan Nfp | IL | $287,155 | Executive Dir. | $119,550 | $119,550 | 2024 |
| Ken-rock Community Center Inc | IL | $287,423 | President & Ceo | $64,820 | $66,735 | 2023 |
| Main Street Gettysburg Inc | PA | $287,455 | President | $80,822 | $80,822 | 2024 |
| West Bank Business Association | MN | $288,979 | Executive Director | $30,808 | $31,718 | 2023 |
| One In A Million Inc | IL | $289,444 | President | $36,656 | $37,739 | 2023 |
| The High Point Community Development Cor | CA | $277,109 | Executive Dir. | $79,700 | $79,700 | 2024 |
| Good Counsel Cooperative | CO | $276,718 | President/ex | $32,083 | $32,083 | 2024 |
| Shaker Heights Development Corporation | OH | $290,507 | Executive Director | $89,719 | $89,719 | 2024 |
| Foundation For Body Mind & Spirit | TX | $292,958 | President/ceo | $35,219 | $35,219 | 2024 |
| Community Action Team-california Inc | CA | $273,760 | Chief Executive Officer | $105,000 | $105,000 | 2024 |
| Experience The Heart Of | IN | $293,906 | Executive Di | $42,250 | $43,498 | 2023 |
| New Season Community Development Corp | CA | $273,020 | Director | $45,000 | $45,000 | 2024 |
| Moravia Park Community Development Corporation | MD | $294,013 | President | $24,440 | $25,162 | 2023 |
| Urban University | CA | $271,812 | Executive Director | $64,896 | $63,223 | 2025 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PR cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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. 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 42nd |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 42nd |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 39th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 38th |
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.
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
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.