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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arizonans For The Protection

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202762968
AZ · NTEE I73
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Olson J, Executive Director / CEO ($31,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 474 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: Olson J — reported title “EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

474 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 474 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$436 total compensation of comparable organizations → $410,885 $31,200
$21,85010th
$41,36025th
$59,630Median
$79,35775th
$102,03190th
$31,200This org · 16th
p10$21,850
p25$41,360
p50$59,630
p75$79,357
p90$102,031
$31,200

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 AZ 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
For The Silent TX$270,521 Executive Dir. $50,000 $50,515 2024
Time Of Change CA$269,415 Directorpresident $30,000 $25,489 2025
Equal Citizens Foundation DC$269,229 Treasurer $36,000 $31,906 2024
Granite Falls Community Coalition & Food WA$271,359 Food Bank Director $51,400 $47,850 2023
Ourjourney Co NC$268,885 Executive Director $39,617 $41,342 2024
Frontline Legal Services LA$268,828 Co-executive Director $75,000 $83,408 2024
Allegany Law Foundation Inc MD$268,405 Executive Director $57,073 $55,482 2023
Speaking Truth In Love Ministries Inc NY$268,278 President Of Board Of Directors And Program Director $40,000 $37,584 2023
Association Of Women In Corrections NY$272,858 Executive Director $41,480 $38,974 2023
Wyoming County - Attica Legal Aid NY$267,246 Vice Preside $31,756 $28,235 2025
Ceces Hope Center AZ$267,116 Pres/ceo $24,000 $24,000 2023
Goochland-powhatan Casa VA$274,505 Executive Director $66,000 $62,702 2025
The Ace Fiduciary Group A Non-profit CA$265,875 Executive Director & Corporate Secretary $59,265 $51,686 2024
Vermilion County Child Advocacy Center IL$265,691 Executive Director $55,586 $53,770 2025
El Centro Hispanoamericano NJ$264,706 Executive Director $49,660 $44,780 2024
Virginia Mentoring Partnership VA$275,801 Executive Di $83,246 $79,086 2025
Anderson Counseling And Education Inc CA$264,359 President $88,000 $82,252 2022
St Croix Valley Restorative WI$264,006 Executive Di $71,784 $77,952 2023
Chebar Ministries Inc GA$263,486 President $5,000 $5,228 2023
Oregon Health Justice Center OR$263,336 Attorney/partner $105,769 $99,203 2024
Yolo Conflict Resolution Center CA$263,331 Executive Director $78,134 $70,154 2023
Treatment Accountability For Safer NY$263,175 Executive Di $70,643 $64,471 2024
Friendship Community Development Corporation CA$277,388 Ceo $53,125 $47,699 2023
Peace And Justice Law Center CA$262,696 Co-executive Director $109,999 $95,931 2024
Chilton County Court Services Inc AL$262,175 Executive Di $46,949 $51,226 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Olson J) 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 474 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,200 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.