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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leadership Pasadena Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200140261
CA · NTEE S20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Carol Inguanzo, Executive Director / CEO ($39,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nancy Carol Inguanzo — reported title “BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,755 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,060 $39,700
$17,48010th
$31,02625th
$58,247Median
$87,82275th
$107,84990th
$39,700This org · 39th
p10$17,480
p25$31,026
p50$58,247
p75$87,822
p90$107,849
$39,700

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
Willowbrook Inclusion Network CA$212,180 President/chairperson $85,000 $89,826 2023
Community Services United CA$220,114 Director $54,600 $56,045 2024
Community Realignment Education Program CA$230,414 Program Director $93,062 $95,524 2024
Hearts Respond CA$239,729 Board Member $29,950 $31,650 2023
Belle Haven Action CA$240,543 President& D $29,162 $30,818 2023
Center For The Empowerment Of Families Inc CA$240,965 Executive Director $16,450 $17,384 2023
Sdhc Building Opportunities Inc CA$181,216 Interim Board Chair $73,722 $77,908 2023
Bolinas Community Inc CA$248,817 Secretary $21,868 $22,447 2024
Lifeline Community Development Corporation Of Merced County CA$255,931 Executive Director $4,500 $4,755 2023
River Valley Community Outreach Center CA$256,621 President $121,180 $128,060 2023
Sonoma County Black Forum CA$258,567 Co-sec/treasure $17,069 $17,521 2024
Urban University CA$271,812 Executive Director $64,896 $64,896 2025
New Season Community Development Corp CA$273,020 Director $45,000 $46,191 2024
Community Action Team-california Inc CA$273,760 Chief Executive Officer $105,000 $107,778 2024
Aqus Community Foundation CA$152,866 Ceo $36,667 $38,749 2023
The High Point Community Development Cor CA$277,109 Executive Dir. $79,700 $81,809 2024
Canoga Park Improvement Association CA$299,192 Exc. Dir. $57,200 $60,448 2023
Livermore Downtown Inc CA$308,752 Executive Director $105,232 $108,016 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 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 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Nancy Carol Inguanzo) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,700 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.