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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sons Of Italy In America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222511925
MA · NTEE Y42
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erika Bonanno, Executive Director / CEO ($6,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 192 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Erika Bonanno — reported title “Trustee”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

192 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 192 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$101 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,541,340 $6,500
$1,50910th
$4,69025th
$17,803Median
$42,70375th
$91,87790th
$6,500This org · 31st
p10$1,509
p25$4,690
p50$17,803
p75$42,703
p90$91,877
$6,500

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
Utah Chiefs Of Police Association UT$313,293 Executive Director $34,532 $38,316 2025
Durham Firefighters Supplemental Retirement Syste NC$313,714 Treasurer $4,548 $5,095 2025
Rose Memorial Park Cemetery LA$314,151 General Manager $17,107 $21,581 2023
Oregon State Association Of County OR$316,145 Secretary/tr $1,500 $1,550 2024
Masonic Charity Foundation NM$316,334 Secretary $9,062 $10,846 2024
Bpoe Elks Point Pleasant Lodge 1698 NJ$316,534 Secretary $7,548 $7,306 2025
International Foundation For IL$317,314 Managing Dir $133,900 $146,491 2024
New Jersey Transit Police Pba NJ$319,188 President $4,046 $4,139 2023
Kentucky Health Cooperative Inc VA$319,984 Senior Accountant $132,055 $141,890 2024
Csm George Brodsky Memorial Post 10127 FL$320,901 Quartermaster $14,400 $15,054 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks OH$321,435 Secretary $9,225 $10,873 2024
Nreca Post-employment Health Reimbursement VA$304,180 Cfo $90,364 $99,962 2023
The Putnam County Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Inc NY$304,067 President $38,400 $38,614 2024
Independence Fraternal Order Of Police L MO$303,742 President $4,223 $4,977 2024
Insurance Society Of Philadelphia NJ$303,545 Executive Director $50,000 $51,146 2023
Little Falls Fire Relief Association MN$303,311 President $500 $550 2024
Mountain Grove Cemetery-easton Inc CT$323,969 Director $250 $268 2023
Sunrise Christian Hoops Foundation Inc KS$302,639 Ceo $36,000 $42,164 2025
Sunnyside Cemetery Association WI$324,596 Trustee/sexton $29,837 $33,783 2025
Rosemount Fire Relief Association MN$324,775 President $800 $880 2024
Baptist Community Affordable TX$325,241 Hpcmf President $82,877 $92,256 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles NE$301,594 Secretary $6,162 $7,185 2025
Ichabod Crane Teachers Association NY$325,866 Membership/benefits Coordinator $1,584 $1,640 2023
Tuskegee Airmen Inc AL$298,886 Bookkeeper $40,000 $49,509 2023
Tri-county Farmers Mutual Ins MT$332,208 President $1,600 $1,919 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2024 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Erika Bonanno) 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 192 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,500 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.