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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mass Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204272351
MA · NTEE R99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Vanessa Aguirreche Snow, Executive Director / CEO ($27,747) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Vanessa Aguirreche Snow — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$710 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,399 $27,747
$6,68210th
$18,79725th
$42,492Median
$72,19875th
$100,31990th
$27,747This org · 33rd
p10$6,682
p25$18,797
p50$42,492
p75$72,198
p90$100,319
$27,747

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 MA 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
Center For Self Advocacy Inc NY$153,213 Executive Director $62,258 $60,809 2024
Idaho 2 Fly Inc ID$153,042 Secretary $17,693 $20,344 2024
Praxis Peace Institute CA$151,241 President $40,800 $38,080 2024
Justice League Of Greater Lansing MI$157,559 President $5,200 $5,802 2024
Campaign To Decriminalize Sex Work TX$145,433 Political Director $39,299 $42,492 2024
American Council For Evangelicals CA$167,334 Outreach & Public Policy Dir. $55,000 $51,334 2024
Broward Organized Leaders Doing Justice FL$132,971 Lead Organizer $95,708 $100,054 2023
North Carolina Family Policy NC$129,563 President $21,058 $23,519 2024
Norcal Poodle Rescue CA$178,925 Board Chair/president $18,480 $17,249 2024
Operation Liberation MO$180,778 President/tr $46,152 $52,836 2024
Interfaith Action For Human Rights VA$183,596 Executive Director $40,625 $42,398 2024
The Fund For Northern Tier Development PA$114,107 Executive Director $56,000 $60,362 2024
Unitarian Universalists For Social Justice DC$107,475 Executive Director $33,456 $32,671 2023
The Campaign To Keep Guns NY$205,168 Executive Director $15,250 $15,335 2023
Rhiza Inc NY$206,804 Board Member & Co-founder $13,750 $13,827 2023
National Federation For Just NY$207,109 President $77,664 $75,857 2024
Registrars Of Voters Of Connecticut Inc CT$209,488 Treasurer $700 $710 2024
Milwaukee Freedom Fund Incorporated WI$212,208 Eecutive Dir $85,115 $98,920 2023
New York Birth Control Action Fund NY$213,837 Executive Dir. $96,665 $101,189 2022
Secular Coalition For America Inc DC$214,141 Exec Director $60,656 $57,533 2024
Iowa Center For Children's Justice IA$217,376 Executive Director $76,325 $93,000 2023
Black Skeptics Los Angeles CA$217,917 Board Member $1,308 $1,220 2024
Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty TX$222,344 Executive Director $93,150 $100,717 2024
Mississippi Faith Based Coalition For Community Renewal Inc MS$222,524 Executive Director $55,300 $68,539 2023
Sign Research Foundation VA$223,203 Isa President/ceo $127,875 $137,399 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Vanessa Aguirreche Snow) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,747 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.