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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grassrootshealth

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208864899
CA · NTEE H300
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jen Aliano, Executive Director / CEO ($75,827) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 147 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jen Aliano — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

147 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 147 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$481 total compensation of comparable organizations → $534,041 $75,827
$26,92510th
$44,72725th
$76,457Median
$118,47775th
$179,89590th
$75,827This org · 50th
p10$26,925
p25$44,727
p50$76,457
p75$118,477
p90$179,895
$75,827

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
Jb's Keys To Dmd Inc MA$415,859 President $48,000 $48,519 2024
The Bee Foundation PA$420,206 Executive Dir. $48,333 $54,217 2024
Achieving Cures Together MN$425,879 Vice Preside $5,500 $6,294 2023
Professional Association Of Social AL$408,625 Executive Director $13,689 $17,126 2023
Association Of Enterprise Architects CA$407,781 General Manager $140,473 $140,473 2023
The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research TX$428,451 Executive Director $52,000 $58,510 2024
International Plant & Herbal Alliance UT$429,125 Executive Dir. $30,000 $34,537 2024
The National Diabetes And Obesity MS$429,676 Employee $147,326 $184,570 2024
All Sports Foundation Inc AZ$405,009 Ceo $88,962 $96,239 2024
Visual Studies Workshop Inc NY$430,072 Director, Ex Officio $61,713 $64,581 2023
International Cannabinoid Research NC$432,797 Managing Dir $79,050 $94,591 2023
Alliance Of Independent Academic Medical OH$433,311 Executive Director $235,634 $280,732 2024
Neurtex Brain Research Institute TX$401,510 President $24,782 $28,708 2023
Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation NC$399,475 Director/president $37,764 $45,188 2023
Foundation For Physical Medicine IL$398,965 Executive Director $27,886 $30,838 2024
Jacksonville Health & Educational Resource Ctr Inc FL$398,930 Director $41,890 $44,265 2024
Gerson Institute Inc CA$437,846 Executive Director $62,475 $62,475 2023
Gootter-jensen Foundation AZ$439,555 Vice President $6,000 $6,491 2024
Coalition Of Skin Diseases DC$393,463 President $96,750 $95,501 2024
Qhs 1 Inc WI$393,040 Director & President $441,556 $534,041 2023
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Inc CO$391,856 Executive Director $22,750 $25,263 2023
Justin Parker Neurological Institute CO$444,788 Director Of Research $179,938 $194,081 2024
Isthmus Project Inc WI$388,813 President/chief Innovation Officer $34,380 $41,581 2023
Rock County Cancer Coalition Inc WI$388,662 Executive Di $73,148 $85,930 2024
Dubai Harvard Foundation For MA$447,941 Executive Director $69,603 $72,433 2023

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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Jen Aliano) 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 147 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,827 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.