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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 934518403
NY · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($110,892) 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 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Timothy Clark — 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

$10,915 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,017 $110,892
$13,94310th
$33,05025th
$87,202Median
$118,56075th
$152,08590th
$110,892This org · 73rd
p10$13,943
p25$33,050
p50$87,202
p75$118,560
p90$152,085
$110,892

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
Delaware County Local Development Corp NY$448,417 Executive Direc $11,295 $11,295 2024
Oyster Bay Main Street Association NY$425,779 Executive Director Terminated Jan 2025 $79,000 $76,964 2025
Go Ithaca NY$502,138 Executive Director $104,000 $104,000 2024
Entrepreneurs For Global Change Inc NY$507,709 Executive Director $97,917 $97,917 2024
Kings Highway District Management NY$518,617 Manager $87,202 $87,202 2024
Rochester Land Bank Corporation NY$523,454 Executive Director $30,100 $30,100 2024
82nd Street District Management NY$378,507 Executive Dir. $90,568 $93,243 2023
Transform Finance Inc NY$550,034 Director/executive Director $145,518 $145,518 2024
Msdc Inc NY$551,269 Executive Director $36,000 $36,000 2024
Amplify Equity Inc NY$354,839 Executive Director $84,483 $84,483 2024
Wyoming County Business Assistance NY$334,541 President/ceo $17,402 $17,916 2023
Morris Park District Management Association Inc NY$586,833 Executive Director $133,119 $133,119 2024
Sullivan County Land Bank NY$319,120 Chair $10,602 $10,915 2023
Richardson Center Corporation NY$311,633 President $164,168 $169,017 2023
La Fuerza Unida Community NY$635,330 Executive Dir $156,463 $156,463 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 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Timothy Clark) 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 (S30) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $110,892 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.