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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

E3 Education Excellence & Equity

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202693584
CA · NTEE I21
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Juancarlos Arauz, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Juancarlos Arauz — 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

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$14,727 total compensation of comparable organizations → $376,671 $60,000
$27,86410th
$41,04925th
$76,387Median
$98,61775th
$111,69090th
$60,000This org · 34th
p10$27,864
p25$41,049
p50$76,387
p75$98,617
p90$111,690
$60,000

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 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
Good Kids Mad City - Englewood IL$327,251 Foundation Mgr. $66,667 $73,724 2024
The Brothers Redefining Opportunity Experience Fdn Inc NY$335,308 Director $39,226 $41,049 2023
Public Safety Foundation MN$323,739 Executive Director/director $31,500 $35,011 2024
Aliive Roberts County Inc SD$322,713 Executive Director $303,418 $376,671 2024
Johnston County Youth Services Inc NC$320,372 Executive Di $56,656 $65,850 2024
The Free Root Operation Inc IL$347,806 President $60,865 $67,308 2024
Changing The Health Of Adolescents Impacting The Nation Reaction Inc CA$308,759 Ceo $19,600 $20,404 2022
Skillful Living Center Inc TX$300,351 Chief Executive Office $85,000 $95,642 2024
Heroes Academy Inc KS$366,125 Executive Director; Thru July 2022 $66,731 $83,488 2023
Rivington Housing Development Fund NY$281,793 President/ed $61,872 $62,890 2024
Reimagine Justice Illinois IL$378,213 Co-executive Director $95,264 $105,349 2024
Roosevelt Park Ministries Inc MI$280,833 Executive Director $78,751 $94,133 2023
Saveone TN$379,989 President $92,431 $109,288 2024
Childrens Rescue Center Inc OH$381,142 Co-president $37,604 $46,124 2023
Virginia Mentoring Partnership VA$275,801 Executive Di $83,246 $88,082 2025
Wilmington Youth Rowing Association DE$383,901 Executive Director $34,842 $38,375 2024
Granite Falls Community Coalition & Food WA$271,359 Food Bank Director $51,400 $53,293 2023
Collective Climb PA$388,511 Executive Director $69,713 $78,200 2024
Asservo Project Inc PA$393,666 Chairman Exec Dir $120,000 $134,608 2024
Peacemaker Resources MN$395,842 Executive Di $45,446 $52,004 2023
Restorative Justice Partners Inc CA$399,233 Executive Director $85,365 $80,779 2025
Unmask Youth Program PA$402,893 Founder/board Member $100,000 $115,487 2023
Books Over Balls IL$405,059 Chief Executive Office $59,020 $67,196 2023
A Vision Of Change Incorporated OH$254,025 Executive Director $80,400 $98,617 2023
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $60,301 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 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 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Juancarlos Arauz) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.