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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931057144
OR · NTEE L80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ivory Matthews, Executive Director / CEO ($98,636) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$174 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,498 $98,636
$1,97110th
$7,33825th
$27,665Median
$66,15175th
$106,61090th
$98,636This org · 87th
p10$1,971
p25$7,338
p50$27,665
p75$66,151
p90$106,610
$98,636

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 OR 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
Asi - Hennepin County Inc MN$51,525 President/tr $68,006 $70,495 2025
Cape Fear Regional Community Development NC$46,395 Executive Director $65,096 $72,429 2024
Greenfield Housing Associates Inc MA$53,119 Chairperson $1,500 $1,451 2024
Denison Community Investment Corp TX$54,149 Secretary/treasurer $10,050 $11,145 2023
Muskogee Habitat For Humanity OK$45,022 Executive Dir. $22,404 $26,565 2024
Resident Services Incorporated MD$44,125 Director/ceo $61,394 $61,807 2024
Housing Support Of New Hampshire Inc MA$43,452 Executive Director $152,429 $147,498 2024
Communities For Healing & Justice NY$56,807 Executive Director $136,500 $129,398 2025
San Juan Housing Corporation CO$60,557 President $22,009 $22,725 2024
Anvil-richard Allen Gardens Inc FL$63,184 President $32,805 $33,185 2024
Heritage Plaza Phase I CA$64,407 President $187 $174 2024
Gbc Inc OR$34,164 President $2,750 $2,750 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services Of PA$33,483 Ceo, Assistant Treasurer $25,763 $27,665 2024
Walnut Affordable Housing Inc NY$66,667 Vice President $39,986 $38,908 2024
Dakota Land Trust SD$70,961 Executive Di $2,970 $3,530 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Ivory Matthews) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $98,636 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.