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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tamalpais Pacific

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237088700
CA · NTEE L80L
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sheri Joseph, Executive Director / CEO ($36,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,926 total compensation of comparable organizations → $103,412 $36,000
$12,32010th
$19,42825th
$44,376Median
$55,86575th
$81,81090th
$36,000This org · 39th
p10$12,320
p25$19,428
p50$44,376
p75$55,865
p90$81,810
$36,000

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
Partners In Opportunity Inc CA$355,752 President & Dir $50,000 $50,000 2023
The Southern California Housing CA$372,480 Executive Vp $13,750 $13,356 2024
Sacramento Community Land Trust Inc CA$318,590 Executive Dir. $106,467 $103,412 2024
Community Housing Council Of Fresno CA$315,026 Executive Dir. $100,000 $97,131 2024
Dream Live Hope Foundation CA$298,425 President $52,083 $52,083 2023
Mid-peninsula Page Mill Court Inc CA$295,746 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $75,244 2024
Facts Education Fund CA$291,223 Secretary/ T $62,560 $60,765 2024
Fair Housing Council Of Central CA$429,664 Executive Dir. $55,868 $54,265 2024
Hermandad La Economic And Community CA$281,383 Executive Dir. $52,800 $52,800 2023
Pacific Community Services Inc CA$270,075 Exec Vice Pres $17,380 $16,446 2025
Hamilton Families Qalicb CA$266,545 Secretary $9,904 $9,904 2023
Eden Alvarado Niles Inc CA$465,262 President $39,896 $38,751 2024
Vinecrest Senior Apartments Inc CA$477,837 Ceo $29,210 $28,372 2024
Inner City Recovery Homes International CA$481,502 Director $8,160 $7,926 2024
The Southern California Housing CA$486,451 President $13,750 $13,356 2024
Todcoybc 4 CA$496,372 President $56,398 $56,398 2023
Corona Crescent Inc CA$519,882 President $39,896 $38,751 2024
The Salvation Army Denver Residence Inc CA$525,667 President $32,694 $32,694 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Sheri Joseph) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,000 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.