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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Amherst Community Connections

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800478844
MA · NTEE S99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hwei-ling Greeney, Executive Director / CEO ($111,534) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Hwei-ling Greeney — reported title “FOUNDER/EXEC. DIR., EX-OFFICIO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,414 total compensation of comparable organizations → $287,478 $111,534
$10,72810th
$29,93225th
$65,944Median
$95,96675th
$117,32290th
$111,534This org · 85th
p10$10,728
p25$29,932
p50$65,944
p75$95,966
p90$117,322
$111,534

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 MA 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
Globe Aware TX$384,710 Chairman/director $65,200 $72,579 2024
Community Council WA$384,254 Executive Di $110,978 $113,835 2023
Ten At The Top SC$389,789 Executive Director $70,300 $81,614 2024
The Bodgery Inc WI$377,838 Director At Large $1,443 $1,727 2023
Spring Branch Human Resources Partnership Inc TX$395,476 Executive Director $139,200 $159,530 2023
Child Advocacy Services Sega Inc GA$397,195 Executive Director $53,302 $61,402 2023
Laramie Main Street Alliance WY$371,188 Executive Di $51,637 $61,532 2024
Armi Housing Corporation NY$363,810 Executive Vp & Ceo $114,621 $118,665 2023
Jwc Foundation VA$408,956 Executive Dir. $94,364 $101,392 2024
Dream Innovations Incorporated MS$358,479 Finance Manager $45,000 $55,773 2024
Long Island Business Development Council Inc NY$357,225 Executive Board $11,800 $11,866 2024
West Yellowstone Foundation MT$356,140 Executive Dir. $62,661 $77,386 2023
Everett Community Growers Inc MA$353,797 Director $1,893 $1,949 2023
Akahiao Nature Institute HI$417,126 Vice Preside $25,600 $26,259 2023
Fraternal Order Of Police Maricopa Lodge Corp 5 AZ$417,353 Secretary $2,400 $2,645 2023
Shaylo Inc Socially Helping Adults Youth With Liveable Opportunities MD$346,941 Ceo $63,141 $67,631 2023
Outlaw Square Inc SD$424,561 Director $68,498 $86,610 2023
Mid-atlantic Off-road Enthusiasts Inc VA$425,679 Executive Director $90,483 $97,222 2024
Osb Holdings Inc IN$428,952 President/secretary $20,168 $24,367 2023
Wlam Property Association Ii WA$336,953 Executive Di $10,016 $9,979 2024
National Talent Collaborative CA$434,295 Ceo $130,000 $124,920 2024
Friends Of Southern Ohio OH$333,117 Executive Director $80,052 $97,141 2023
Creative Class Collective CA$440,344 Secretary $62,576 $60,131 2024
Queen City Bicycle Collective NH$326,591 Executive Di $64,620 $64,688 2025
Electric Lit Inc NY$445,570 Executive Director $61,777 $62,121 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Hwei-ling Greeney) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $111,534 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.