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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connecticut Federation Of School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061037606
CT · NTEE J40
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony Salvatore, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 159 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anthony Salvatore — reported title “CO-PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

159 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 159 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $292,176 $75,000
$2,22610th
$7,12525th
$23,330Median
$81,06275th
$144,30390th
$75,000This org · 71st
p10$2,226
p25$7,125
p50$23,330
p75$81,062
p90$144,303
$75,000

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 CT 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
Professional Firefighters Of Marion FL$379,839 President $12,656 $12,680 2023
Smithtown Teachers Assoc NY$380,190 Treasurer $1,706 $1,597 2024
Foundation For Fair Contracting - MD$381,958 Executive Director $187,413 $186,872 2023
Ohio Valley And Southern States Laborers OH$374,527 Director $63,633 $69,819 2024
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers FL$373,358 Director $83,157 $78,841 2025
Jefferson County Education CO$372,786 President $141,132 $140,192 2024
United Union Of Roofers 42 Rdwa OH$371,848 Business Man $76,305 $83,724 2024
Pafca-aal TX$385,409 President $25,993 $26,241 2025
New York District Council NJ$386,073 President $87,846 $81,252 2024
Iupat Dc 21 Nj Lmf-jtb NJ$389,823 Trustee $157,149 $145,351 2024
Bowling Green State University OH$367,156 President $8,400 $9,489 2023
Classified Employees AK$366,877 President $95,791 $94,873 2024
Forest Lake Education Association MN$365,436 President $5,300 $5,425 2024
Action Research Collaborative Inc NY$365,415 Treasurer $9,500 $9,156 2023
Two Rivers Uniserv Unit CO$391,753 Uniserv Director $166,897 $161,512 2025
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association WI$392,925 President (Thru Aug) $3,826 $4,139 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NJ$363,650 President $28,880 $26,023 2025
Seminole County Professional FL$363,301 President $18,000 $18,035 2023
Northeast Florida Local Apwu FL$362,310 President $82,120 $82,279 2023
United Plant & Production Workers NY$361,646 President $242,494 $227,000 2024
Laborers International Union No 662 MO$360,066 President $3,105 $3,407 2024
Nys Public Employees Conference Inc NY$358,497 Chairman $24,000 $23,130 2023
The Rochester Association NY$358,063 President $8,802 $8,027 2025
Santa Rosa Professional Educators Inc FL$357,030 Executive Director $97,218 $94,611 2024
Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Guild WA$403,114 President $7,200 $6,875 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Anthony Salvatore) 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 159 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.