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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wayfinders On The Hudson Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880745971
NY · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gwen Sheinfeld, Executive Director / CEO ($22,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gwen Sheinfeld — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15,065 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,295 $22,200
$21,42210th
$40,00025th
$50,227Median
$73,95975th
$131,44090th
$22,200This org · 12th
p10$21,422
p25$40,000
p50$50,227
p75$73,959
p90$131,440
$22,200

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
My Blind Spot Inc NY$169,551 President/treas $23,425 $22,753 2024
Abilities Movement Inc NY$153,057 Executive Director $68,840 $65,141 2025
Photo Start NY$199,295 Founding Director $46,500 $46,500 2023
Azahar Foundation Ltd NY$203,869 Executive Director $46,346 $46,346 2023
Re Coded Co NY$208,688 Ceo $122,316 $115,744 2025
Rockland Youth Empowerment Center NY$215,460 Ceo $15,510 $15,065 2024
Harbor Hoops Ltd NY$124,275 President $20,000 $19,426 2024
Popup Tennis Kids Inc NY$220,966 President $124,437 $120,867 2024
Most Valuable Parents Of Buffalo Inc NY$231,479 Executive Director $67,183 $67,183 2023
The Harold Hunter Foundation NY$232,106 Executive Director $51,711 $50,227 2024
Bent On Learning Inc NY$242,934 Executive Dir. $147,300 $147,300 2023
The Julio A Martinez Memorial Fund NY$244,889 President Acacia Network $73,959 $73,959 2023
Friends Of The Addison Youth Center NY$245,993 Director $34,880 $33,879 2024
Working Parents Alliance Inc NY$247,391 Executive Dir. $67,404 $65,470 2024
Neighborhood Change Youth Organization Inc NY$250,774 Director $40,000 $40,000 2023
How Our Lives Link Altogether Inc NY$250,916 Co-founder $50,000 $48,566 2024
The Young Airman Association NY$252,601 Chairman Of The Board Of Directors $164,000 $159,295 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Gwen Sheinfeld) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,200 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.