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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Uptown Westerville Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814833262
OH · NTEE S31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynn Aventino, Executive Director / CEO ($68,133) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lynn Aventino — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$52 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,139 $68,133
$12,45310th
$27,26325th
$51,345Median
$76,68375th
$107,33990th
$68,133This org · 64th
p10$12,453
p25$27,263
p50$51,345
p75$76,683
p90$107,339
$68,133

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 OH 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
Bogalusa Rebirth LA$221,515 Executive Director $75,938 $76,683 2024
Ulster County Economic Development NY$220,210 Ceo/president $16,190 $13,417 2024
Klamath Falls Downtown Association OR$224,126 Executive Director $44,440 $38,965 2023
Keystone Community Corporation MO$225,809 President $8,250 $8,013 2024
Toolbox Inc KS$215,572 Executive Director $78,745 $80,320 2023
Greenline Access Capital PA$212,923 President $101,923 $95,964 2023
Circle Of Life Development Foundation CA$230,432 Cheif Executive Officer $45,000 $41,250 2021
Tampa Bay Partnership For Regional FL$231,371 President & Ceo $14,175 $12,212 2024
Economic Development Unit Inc LA$232,038 President $50 $52 2023
Faith And Work Enterprises Inc MD$209,546 Exec Director $72,735 $62,360 2024
Downtown Development Corporation IL$233,430 President $24,993 $22,533 2024
Greater Texas Capital Community Finance TX$204,916 President $65,418 $60,011 2024
Urban City Codes Technology And Community Resource OH$238,007 President $45,538 $45,538 2023
Tww Nyc Solidarity Inc NY$240,000 President $101,737 $84,308 2024
Parkrose Npi OR$241,082 Executive Dir. $48,750 $41,517 2024
Stevens County Eic Inc MN$241,904 Executive Di $117,188 $106,191 2024
Insight Center For Community Economic Development CA$198,520 President $116,300 $94,817 2023
Vision Together 2025 Inc PA$196,962 Executive Director $124,431 $113,795 2024
Main-dempster Mile IL$245,988 Executive Director $75,000 $67,618 2024
Site Readiness For Good Jobs Fund OH$195,812 Ceo $36,068 $36,068 2023
Visit Fort Wayne Foundation Inc IN$195,656 Executive Di $21,697 $20,984 2024
Foundation For A Sustainable Community VA$246,477 Ceo $16,000 $14,167 2024
Northeastern Economic Development Company Of Pa PA$247,257 President And Executive Direc $50,000 $47,077 2023
Grant County Economic Developement Corporation KS$194,562 Executive Director $81,007 $82,627 2023
Aransas County Partnership Edc TX$247,377 President $126,000 $115,586 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Lynn Aventino) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,133 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.