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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Verified Votingorg Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200665713
PA · NTEE W20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carlos Diaz Livingston, Executive Director / CEO ($7,678) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carlos Diaz Livingston — reported title “MANAGING DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$445 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,598 $7,678
$1,10710th
$3,08425th
$8,956Median
$25,21075th
$65,22790th
$7,678This org · 46th
p10$1,107
p25$3,084
p50$8,956
p75$25,210
p90$65,227
$7,678

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 PA 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
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department Of CA$58,540 Quarter Master $12,000 $10,093 2024
Nebraska Association Of Former State Legislators NE$58,432 Executive Director $1,000 $1,047 2024
Eden Streets Inc UT$59,562 Executive Director $1,000 $971 2025
National Executive Forum Inc MD$57,500 President $28,000 $25,497 2024
Stamford Veterans Park Partnership Inc CT$57,293 Executive Director $82,500 $73,400 2025
Janet Johnston Housenick And PA$61,111 Vp & Treas $4,500 $4,500 2023
Beyond Housingnhs Community Lending MO$55,886 President $8,454 $8,721 2024
Institute For International MA$55,760 President $1,000 $875 2024
Caribou Acres Water ID$62,182 Secretary/treasurer $4,000 $4,144 2024
Council On Aviation Accreditation AL$62,412 President $13,750 $14,469 2024
Governor's Mansion Foundation MS$62,500 Vice President $2,825 $2,985 2025
Partners Making A Difference MI$54,116 President $104,094 $104,650 2024
Genius 100 Foundation Us NY$53,600 Ceo Secretary And Director $48,600 $42,775 2024
Valley Water Company CO$52,473 Director $7,800 $7,097 2025
Brave New Films Action Fund 501(c)4 CA$51,523 Cfo $4,390 $3,692 2024
New Jersey Utility Shareholders NJ$51,280 President $28,000 $24,350 2024
Michigan Forest Association MI$51,107 Executive Director $10,500 $10,556 2024
Kck 501 Minnesota All Inc KS$49,987 Vice President $61,208 $64,406 2024
Innsure Corporation MA$49,677 President $49,492 $50,144 2021
National Association Of Consumer DC$49,419 Executive Dir. $5,990 $5,271 2023
Miriam Foundation SC$48,535 Executive Di $65,000 $66,048 2024
Patriot Week Inc MI$70,005 Executive Director $19,500 $19,605 2024
Cor Community Develope MO$70,827 Secretary $8,200 $8,709 2023
Distribution And Assistance Inc MO$46,255 President $12,000 $12,380 2024
Global Resource Connections Inc IN$71,353 Secretary $25,410 $26,100 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Carlos Diaz Livingston) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,678 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.