Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Azteca Economic Development Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 751804813
TX · NTEE L20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maricela Flores, Executive Director / CEO ($46,103) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maricela Flores — reported title “MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$353 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,043 $46,103
$13,02210th
$24,92825th
$39,650Median
$53,28275th
$155,96990th
$46,103This org · 65th
p10$13,022
p25$24,928
p50$39,650
p75$53,282
p90$155,969
$46,103

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 TX 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
Center On Independent Living Community Development Corporation TX$491,165 Executive Director $53,282 $53,282 2024
Texas Community Builders TX$497,931 Ceo $188,912 $184,043 2025
North Texas Housing Partners TX$476,449 President $19,755 $19,755 2024
Habitat For Humanity Of Wichita Falls TX$472,032 Executive Director $46,600 $47,976 2023
Walker-montgomery Community Develop TX$554,991 Director $39,650 $39,650 2024
Southfair Community Development TX$560,111 Executive Di $85,168 $85,168 2024
Wind Terrace Inc TX$415,985 Secretary/treasurer $43,875 $45,171 2023
Amistad Housing Development TX$400,158 Executive Di $41,666 $41,666 2024
Lighthouse Living Centers No 2 Inc TX$397,478 President $24,213 $24,928 2023
Lighthouse Living Centers Inc TX$394,064 President $24,213 $24,928 2023
Plano Community Home Phase Iv Inc TX$595,940 Executive Vice President $6,331 $6,331 2024
Inclusive Communities Project TX$380,137 Executive Dir. $153,282 $153,282 2024
Community Housing Expansion Of Austin TX$367,669 President $343 $353 2023
Hcha Redevelopment Authority Inc TX$356,807 Finance Director $32,371 $32,371 2024
Evergreen Village Inc TX$352,685 Secretary/treasurer $17,946 $17,483 2025
Hcs Houston House Inc TX$660,071 Executive Director $37,546 $37,546 2024
Plano Housing Corporation TX$729,397 Executive Dir. $160,000 $160,000 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Maricela Flores) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,103 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.