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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Partnership West Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822675465
NJ · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cesar Vizcaino, Executive Director / CEO ($97,235) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 326 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

326 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 326 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$683 total compensation of comparable organizations → $279,363 $97,235
$20,48010th
$51,75825th
$78,522Median
$104,14475th
$139,99790th
$97,235This org · 69th
p10$20,480
p25$51,758
p50$78,522
p75$104,144
p90$139,997
$97,235

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 NJ 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
South Euclid Community Urban Redevelopment Corp OH$491,400 Executive Director Former $65,506 $77,708 2024
Kauai Planning & Action Alliance HI$492,074 President & $98,376 $98,648 2024
Ormond Main Street Inc FL$493,251 Executive Director $70,276 $73,943 2024
Riverview International Center Inc OH$494,255 Executive Di $75,000 $88,971 2024
J Jireh Development Corp OH$489,023 Executive Di $30,000 $35,588 2024
Whole Family Community Initiative IN$494,770 Executive Director $30,000 $35,434 2024
Artesia Mainstreet Inc NM$495,876 Executive Director $66,333 $82,268 2023
Inspired Foundation Inc MI$487,263 President $30,550 $35,317 2024
Ripple Effects Group NC$497,802 President $75,000 $86,796 2024
Community Health And Empowerment Through Education And Research Inc MD$485,291 Executive Director $19,260 $20,763 2023
The Manchester Citizens Corporation PA$485,051 Executive Director $70,000 $80,494 2023
Pitkin Avenue District Management Association Inc NY$484,644 Executive Director $127,097 $128,633 2024
Gertrude Wood Community Foundation OH$499,224 Affordable Housing Director $45,006 $53,389 2024
Ripple Community Inc PA$500,467 Executive Director $86,467 $96,577 2024
Build Our Lives Together Inc PA$501,597 Executive Director $17,308 $19,332 2024
Downtown Ontario Improvement Association CA$481,784 Executive Director $94,516 $91,410 2024
North Star Community Partners MO$501,850 Ceo $191,476 $227,143 2024
Community Action Of Nebraska Inc NE$481,533 Executive Director $89,719 $108,080 2024
Los Angeles River Revitalization CA$502,791 Executive Director $259,481 $250,955 2024
Main Street Union City Inc TN$478,645 Director $42,769 $49,054 2025
Flipp Inc VA$478,201 Ceo & Exec Dir. $63,846 $69,045 2024
Mainstreet El Dorado AR$505,368 Executive Director $53,833 $67,774 2024
Rich Restoring Inner City Hope Inc MD$477,815 Executive Director $125,000 $130,889 2024
Limitless Community Development SC$477,269 Executive Di $59,216 $69,191 2024
North Iowa Corridor Economic Development Corporation IA$507,544 President $183,112 $231,193 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Cesar Vizcaino) 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 326 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,235 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.