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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Building 127 Ll Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831766314
NY · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wimal Ariyawansa, Executive Director / CEO ($99,234) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$358 total compensation of comparable organizations → $270,033 $99,234
$13,46410th
$41,62125th
$75,740Median
$105,66475th
$139,87990th
$99,234This org · 68th
p10$13,464
p25$41,621
p50$75,740
p75$105,664
p90$139,879
$99,234

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 NY 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
Marin Economic Forum CA$269,302 Ceo $188,542 $180,170 2024
Rhea Economic And Tourism Council TN$268,307 Executive Director $52,625 $59,638 2025
Wentworth Economic Development Corp NH$269,573 Executive Director $71,400 $72,960 2024
Chicago Southland Economic IL$270,201 Executive Di $36,110 $39,287 2024
Downtown Excelsior Partnership Inc MO$267,348 Executive Di $88,157 $103,330 2024
Noble County Convention And Visitor IN$267,279 Executive Di $55,640 $66,851 2023
Ozaukee County Economic Development Corporation WI$273,374 Executive Director $36,000 $41,607 2024
Fondren Renaissance Foundation MS$273,767 Executive Director $70,583 $86,996 2024
Naugatuck Valley Project Inc CT$263,743 Executive Director $70,000 $72,633 2024
Ypo Dfw TX$274,534 Chapter Manager $20,000 $21,569 2025
Renaissance Heights Foundation TX$274,703 Executive Dir. $105,401 $116,678 2024
Central Arkansas Council AR$275,000 Director $5,000 $6,404 2023
South Central LA$261,321 Executive Di $86,538 $105,453 2024
West Bloomington Revitalization Project IL$259,902 Manager $18,594 $20,230 2024
Crawford County Economic Development Par IN$278,080 Executive Director $29,400 $35,324 2023
Washington Business Improvement Dis NJ$279,277 Executive Di $69,507 $70,706 2023
Elizabeth Avenue Partnership Inc NJ$281,262 Executive Director $95,240 $96,882 2023
Intown Concord NH$284,189 Executive Di $75,487 $77,136 2024
The Creative Coast Inc GA$284,241 Executive Director (April-present) $51,326 $57,111 2024
The Space On Main VT$251,549 Executive Dir. $76,000 $87,155 2023
Adac Inc IN$287,218 Executive Di $41,154 $48,028 2024
Ellensburg Downtown Association WA$289,361 Executive Director $75,405 $74,711 2024
All Together Now Pennsylvania Inc PA$290,911 Co-director $32,500 $35,867 2024
Economic Collaborative Of N Arizona AZ$246,722 President & Ceo $107,635 $111,603 2025
Agile City Winston-salem NC$246,249 Executive Di $163,787 $192,817 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Wimal Ariyawansa) 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 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $99,234 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.