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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Goal Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134221810
RI · NTEE N64
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Javier Centeno, Executive Director / CEO ($6,190) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 157 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

157 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 157 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$467 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,254 $6,190
$4,20310th
$11,54625th
$33,191Median
$62,75175th
$83,62590th
$6,190This org · 16th
p10$4,203
p25$11,546
p50$33,191
p75$62,751
p90$83,625
$6,190

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 RI 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
Cambridge Youth Soccer Inc MA$391,705 Executive Director $34,512 $31,509 2025
Centerville United Galaxies Soccer Club Inc OH$393,656 Director $61,000 $67,379 2024
Altoona Soccer Club IA$387,489 Field Operation $4,514 $5,155 2024
Simi Valley Soccer Club CA$397,620 Director Of Coaching $30,800 $27,736 2024
East Select Soccer Inc MN$386,845 Executive Di $38,288 $39,455 2024
United Sports Soccer Club WA$386,368 President $94,800 $88,515 2024
River City Athletics ME$398,661 Executive Director $65,240 $68,129 2024
Bedford-euless Soccer Association TX$386,038 Director Of Officials $15,070 $15,316 2025
Adventure Soccer WA$399,100 Ex Director $75,000 $70,028 2024
Murray Max Soccer Inc UT$385,563 President $1,200 $1,281 2024
Lake Washington Premier Football WA$382,712 Executive Di $110,000 $102,707 2024
Weston Soccer Club Inc CT$379,745 Registrar Director $10,000 $9,778 2024
Little Warriors Sports Academy WA$379,219 President $48,600 $46,719 2023
Kingwood Alliance Soccer Club Inc TX$405,795 President $61,000 $65,516 2023
Laguna Beach Football Club CA$406,055 President $35,800 $33,191 2023
Fc Salmon Creek WA$378,868 Director Of Coaching $48,333 $43,965 2025
Dublin United Soccer Club OH$377,522 Exec. Director $27,030 $30,738 2023
Kansas City Soccer Foundation MO$407,497 Executive Director $94,829 $104,746 2024
River Surge Fc Inc WI$376,449 President $5,033 $5,340 2025
California Bearcats Select CA$373,160 President $69,935 $64,839 2023
High Plains Drifters Soccer Club Inc TX$371,027 President $18,395 $19,190 2024
Cary Soccer Association IL$370,828 Director $510 $510 2025
Bayou Soccer Club LA$414,449 Director Coaching $37,366 $44,177 2023
Pickerington Area Soccer Association OH$414,543 Vice President $23,500 $25,288 2025
Dpa Cobras Soccer Club OH$414,795 Executive Director $36,000 $39,765 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Javier Centeno) 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 157 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N64), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,190 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.