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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arica Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 132687268
CT · NTEE P500
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Blackmore, Executive Director / CEO ($80,373) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert Blackmore — reported title “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

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,171 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,290 $80,373
$20,64110th
$47,08525th
$64,577Median
$86,75675th
$100,41990th
$80,373This org · 69th
p10$20,641
p25$47,085
p50$64,577
p75$86,756
p90$100,419
$80,373

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
Personal Guardianship Services OH$387,004 Exec Director $72,500 $84,065 2024
The Treehouse Inc KS$385,103 Executive Director $60,000 $70,963 2024
Showers Of Blessing Santa Barbara CA$394,982 Executive Dir. $83,019 $80,799 2023
Abundant Hope Pregnancy MA$397,165 Executive Dir. $57,410 $58,147 2023
Giving Hope & Help Inc MO$375,297 Founder And President (Non-voting) $80,000 $95,501 2023
Fire Outreach Of Houston TX$403,991 Secretary $17,500 $19,164 2024
Scores Reentry NJ$405,730 Chief Executive Officer $63,000 $61,579 2024
All Things Possible Medical Fundraising SC$409,441 Director $14,250 $16,756 2023
Bridges For Life Inc IN$409,904 President And Founder $45,652 $52,705 2024
Conestoga Valley Christian PA$361,071 Treasurer $12,960 $14,567 2023
Amac Foundation Inc FL$360,833 Executive Director $60,000 $63,530 2023
Healing And Reconciliation Institute CA$360,528 Interim E.d. $35,871 $34,912 2023
Transformed By The Word Inc NC$360,190 Executive Di $80,050 $93,225 2023
Fresh Air Family Inc AL$416,909 Executive Director $53,460 $63,227 2024
Neighbours International Inc NJ$348,361 President $18,344 $17,930 2024
The Legacy Center Inc AL$345,033 Executive Director $73,256 $89,199 2023
Grace And Gratitude Sober Living FL$341,617 President $72,000 $76,235 2023
Ethiopian Community Services And Development Council Inc DC$436,672 Program Director And Teacher $57,600 $55,335 2024
Odessa Links Inc TX$441,803 Executive Dir. $57,000 $64,264 2023
Coastal Communities Consulting Inc LA$333,999 Executive Directorvp $89,443 $107,822 2024
Guided By Humanity CO$443,274 Executive Director $75,000 $78,730 2024
Iva's Place Inc TN$443,936 Executive Di $42,000 $47,085 2025
Oakland Catholic Worker CA$332,110 Director $48,000 $45,376 2024
Space Between WA$445,081 Co-director $95,234 $90,937 2025
St Joseph Regional Sports Commission Inc MO$331,819 Executive Director $6,062 $7,029 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT cost of living and 2025 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Robert Blackmore) 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 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,373 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.