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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Forward Action Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260566442
CA · NTEE R99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Micah Weinberg, Executive Director / CEO ($30,482) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 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: Micah Weinberg — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO (TERM 6/14/23)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,581 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,550 $30,482
$23,56210th
$55,81625th
$81,300Median
$104,04375th
$156,46190th
$30,482This org · 16th
p10$23,562
p25$55,816
p50$81,300
p75$104,043
p90$156,461
$30,482

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
The Echo Foundation NC$401,989 President $191,000 $228,550 2023
Bring Our Troops Home Inc ID$419,583 Director $42,616 $52,501 2023
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $87,959 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $174,070 2023
Christian Legal Aid Of The District Of DC$441,791 Executive Director $84,930 $83,833 2024
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $49,005 2024
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $98,282 2024
Central Alabama Fair AL$454,239 Ex. Director $68,252 $82,941 2024
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $121,266 2024
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $118,381 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $76,823 2023
Trails And Open Space Coalition CO$464,370 Executive Dir. $76,296 $82,292 2024
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $78,456 2023
Hispanic Contractors Association Of The Carolinas NC$466,738 Executive Director $137,297 $164,290 2023
Immigration Accountability Project MS$475,384 President $31,936 $40,010 2024
Apic Spokane WA$479,376 Executive Director $63,051 $63,498 2024
Organize Tennessee TN$334,041 Executive Di $54,450 $68,999 2022
National Youth Justice Network DC$486,091 Executive Director $100,321 $101,951 2023
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice NJ$325,629 Chief Activist $130,000 $130,560 2024
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $16,132 2024
Survivor Justice Action Inc TX$317,100 Ceo/secretary $46,354 $52,157 2024
Take Back The Court Action Fund CA$315,887 President $22,945 $22,287 2024
Casa Of Southeast Mississippi Inc MS$506,199 Executive Director $72,500 $93,511 2023
Nytag Inc NY$509,322 Ed Of Finance $123,481 $125,511 2024
Alice Paul Institute Inc NJ$516,856 Executive Dir. $83,077 $83,436 2024

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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Micah Weinberg) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,482 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.