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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721355188
LA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mavis Early, Executive Director / CEO ($24,758) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$333 total compensation of comparable organizations → $244,911 $24,758
$5,27910th
$14,12925th
$33,290Median
$51,96775th
$98,32890th
$24,758This org · 38th
p10$5,279
p25$14,129
p50$33,290
p75$51,967
p90$98,328
$24,758

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 LA 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
Arise Foundation Inc NY$98,289 Ceo (Through Dec 2024) $17,821 $14,624 2024
Renaissance Internationalinc FL$102,475 President $20,000 $17,063 2024
Vinfen Corporation Of Larchmont Inc MA$94,515 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,270 2023
Sophia Transformative Leadership WI$105,927 Executive Di $65,958 $62,557 2024
The Ascension Fund Inc LA$105,954 Executive Dir. $41,500 $42,726 2023
Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation OH$93,598 Interim Executive Director $1,046 $1,006 2024
The Kranzberg Foundation MO$106,881 Director $31,092 $30,790 2023
United Way Of Kaufman County TX$107,719 Exe Director $43,218 $39,261 2024
The Gilmour-jirgens Fund MI$91,606 Secretary/treasurer/director $64,903 $60,838 2024
Brooklyn Health Equity Foundation Inc NY$91,567 Chairman $91,000 $74,678 2024
Community Foundation Of The Valleys CA$91,265 Executive Director $17,500 $14,129 2023
Cotton Electric Charitable OK$90,187 Director $176,286 $171,742 2025
Mad Anthony Childrens Foundation IN$89,150 Executive Dir. $34,000 $32,562 2024
Hope Center Foundation Inc KY$110,929 Coo $30,099 $30,235 2023
Western Reserve Area Agency On Aging OH$88,626 Ceo $41,528 $39,945 2024
Suwannee Foundation For Excellence In Education Inc FL$111,572 Secretary/executive Director $17,500 $14,545 2025
Legacy Properties Of The Community IN$112,404 Director $7,357 $7,046 2024
Kansas City Kansas Area Chamber KS$87,004 President (F $3,686 $3,616 2024
Joyal Capital Management Foundation Inc MA$86,055 Clerk, Director, Program Director $55,008 $46,217 2023
United Way Of Franklin County IN$85,982 Executive Director $30,022 $29,602 2023
Webster Electric Foundation MO$114,101 President $346 $333 2024
Michael & Anita Siegal Family Foundation OH$114,485 Trustee $54,292 $53,765 2023
Neiu Core Foundation PA$114,665 Preseident $118,904 $110,865 2023
The Mike Gallagher Show Charitable NY$84,008 Executive Di $117,200 $99,019 2023
Lev Chai NJ$82,749 Trustee $7,000 $5,676 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Mavis Early) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,758 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.