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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nototomne Cultural Preservation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202732029
CA · NTEE A80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erolinda Perez, Executive Director / CEO ($17,460) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,629 $17,460
$19,98810th
$50,51225th
$76,694Median
$97,03575th
$121,07190th
$17,460This org · 8th
p10$19,988
p25$50,512
p50$76,694
p75$97,035
p90$121,071
$17,460

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Getty House FoundationCA $451,733$61,780 990
Philadelphia Holocaust RemembrancePA $456,529$205,514 990
Florida Agricultural Museum IncFL $457,704$62,723 990
Information Age Learning CenterNJ $448,553$35,623 990
Early Ford V-8 Foundation IncIN $460,035$98,122 990
The L'enfant TrustDC $463,048$137,396 990
Friends Of The Chennault Aviation &LA $440,956$57,346 990
The Jewish History MuseumAZ $467,662$124,043 990
Illinois Route 66 Heritage ProjectIL $468,696$86,892 990
Artist-blacksmiths Association Of North America IncPA $469,380$57,744 990
Burlington Riverfront EntertainmentIA $470,557$60,299 990
Honor And Remember IncVA $436,643$100,155 990
Friends Of MoorefieldsNC $436,170$8,376 990
Florida Keys History And DiscoveryFL $475,636$96,138 990
Saratoga SpringsNY $477,476$12,268 990
International Society Daughters Of Utah PioneersUT $478,823$5,334 990
Dunwoody Preservation Trust IncGA $478,948$59,941 990
Washington County HistoricalPA $426,056$52,164 990
The Adam Leventhal Memorial School AndCA $422,992$66,693 990
North-south Skirmish Association IncVA $419,866$70,213 990
Theodore Roosevelt AssociationNY $418,767$69,067 990
Uncommon Friends Foundation IncFL $414,906$87,034 990
Civil War Trails IncVA $493,204$98,614 990
Gig Harbor Waterfront AllianceWA $413,983$76,668 990
Historic Downtown Chelan AssociationWA $413,780$98,758 990

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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Erolinda Perez) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,460 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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). 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.