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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vallejo Veterans Building Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020769412
CA · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dennis Clemente, Executive Director / CEO ($22,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Dennis Clemente — reported title “BUILDING MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,025 total compensation of comparable organizations → $677,779 $22,500
$15,76310th
$28,69925th
$53,240Median
$81,04975th
$107,55590th
$22,500This org · 21st
p10$15,763
p25$28,699
p50$53,240
p75$81,049
p90$107,555
$22,500

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 CA 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
Idaho Veterans Chamber Of Commerce ID$343,929 President $80,640 $99,344 2023
Hunting With Heroes Inc WY$344,305 Sec-tres-director $18,000 $21,682 2024
Idaho Veterans Network Corporation ID$347,789 Director $14,400 $16,787 2025
Working Dogs For Vets TN$349,383 President $32,513 $37,451 2025
Leroy O Buck Post No 7863 Vfw Inc PA$354,076 Employee $46,717 $51,053 2025
Department Of Illinois Vfw Auxiliary Inc IL$326,983 Secretary $14,600 $16,622 2023
American Legion Post 286 Inc FL$326,398 Past Command $18,820 $19,375 2025
The Mandatum Foundation VA$355,534 Lead Coach $14,500 $15,748 2024
Midwest Region Laborers Veterans IL$324,882 Legislative Director $139,724 $154,515 2024
Mckinney-montgomery Post 141 OK$358,425 Finance Officer $24,788 $30,703 2024
Honor Bell Foundation Inc CO$319,693 Executive Di $43,541 $46,963 2024
Sinking Spring Veterans Home Association PA$362,972 Treasurer $24,850 $28,699 2023
Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation TX$317,202 Executive Director/grant Manager $28,806 $32,413 2024
Special Ops Xcursions TN$366,586 President $55,000 $65,030 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Dept Vfw Ky KY$314,084 Quartermaster $31,000 $36,497 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The Us Dpt Of Virginia VA$311,633 Quartermaster $28,600 $30,261 2025
82d Airborne Division Association Inc NC$310,900 Executive Director $65,500 $76,129 2024
Operation Rebuild Hope OR$309,385 Coo $37,600 $39,277 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 629 WV$307,683 Manager $29,030 $35,356 2024
Heroes Linked CA$373,514 Ceo $154,418 $149,988 2024
Veteran Community Initiatives Inc PA$375,086 President $66,575 $74,680 2024
American Legion Post 159 VA$305,205 Vice Commander $29,608 $33,107 2023
Vetgroup Inc NJ$376,568 Executive Dir. $51,491 $53,240 2023
Veterans Ride For Free CT$376,888 Secretary $18,200 $19,195 2024
Advocate DC$377,801 Officer $441,381 $435,683 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Dennis Clemente) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,500 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.