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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Plainfield Central Business District Management Co

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832213358
NJ · NTEE S31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Abel Gomez, Executive Director / CEO ($88,846) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 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: Abel Gomez — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$63 total compensation of comparable organizations → $268,858 $88,846
$9,75110th
$31,57225th
$68,063Median
$102,78275th
$139,33590th
$88,846This org · 65th
p10$9,751
p25$31,572
p50$68,063
p75$102,782
p90$139,335
$88,846

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
Midtown Elizabeth District Management Corporation Inc NJ$253,742 Executive Director $84,904 $84,904 2024
Development Chenango Corporation NY$252,762 Executive Director $16,323 $17,008 2023
East Falls Development Corporation PA$251,481 Exec Director $77,449 $86,505 2024
Community Investment Corporation IL$257,035 President $68,779 $75,733 2024
City Of Kingston Local Development NY$249,090 Executive Director $17,348 $17,558 2024
Natick Center Associates Inc MA$247,738 Executive Di $21,875 $22,017 2024
Aransas County Partnership Edc TX$247,377 President $126,000 $141,167 2024
Campaign For A Drug Free Westside IL$260,009 Ceo $56,950 $62,708 2024
Northeastern Economic Development Company Of Pa PA$247,257 President And Executive Direc $50,000 $57,496 2023
Foundation For A Sustainable Community VA$246,477 Ceo $16,000 $17,303 2024
Main-dempster Mile IL$245,988 Executive Director $75,000 $82,583 2024
Boc Development Corporation NY$261,928 President $34,036 $35,464 2023
Stevens County Eic Inc MN$241,904 Executive Di $117,188 $129,693 2024
Parkrose Npi OR$241,082 Executive Dir. $48,750 $50,706 2024
Custer Economic Development NE$267,078 Executive Di $56,500 $68,063 2024
Tww Nyc Solidarity Inc NY$240,000 President $101,737 $102,966 2024
Urban City Codes Technology And Community Resource OH$238,007 President $45,538 $55,616 2023
Aaa Residential Resources Inc TN$269,539 President And Executive Director $50,000 $58,865 2024
Downtown Eau Claire Inc WI$272,356 Executive Di $2,179 $2,549 2024
Frameworks Community Development TX$272,890 Executive Director $125,634 $140,757 2024
Downtown Development Corporation IL$233,430 President $24,993 $27,520 2024
Brooks Gives Back Inc TX$274,902 President & Ceo $40,675 $45,571 2024
Economic Development Unit Inc LA$232,038 President $50 $63 2023
Tampa Bay Partnership For Regional FL$231,371 President & Ceo $14,175 $14,915 2024
Lemmon Area Charitable And SD$276,018 Executive Dir. $43,200 $53,399 2024

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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Abel Gomez) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,846 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.