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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Voz Workers Rights Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261357376
OR · NTEE J01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karla Castaneda, Executive Director / CEO ($87,703) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 476 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Karla Castaneda — reported title “EXEC DIRECTO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

476 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 476 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$189 total compensation of comparable organizations → $396,997 $87,703
$7,21910th
$28,69825th
$70,471Median
$98,15575th
$138,33690th
$87,703This org · 67th
p10$7,219
p25$28,698
p50$70,471
p75$98,155
p90$138,336
$87,703

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 OR 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
Valley Contractors Workforce Foundation CA$474,500 Executive Dir. $78,974 $71,326 2024
Youth Design Center Inc NY$475,323 Executive Director $126,955 $119,990 2024
The Rocky Mountain Mining Institute CO$475,435 Executive Director $152,652 $153,097 2024
Worker Justice Wisconsin WI$475,866 Executive Director $70,200 $76,682 2024
Mentoring Partnership Of Minnesota MN$476,254 Executive Director $105,000 $108,518 2024
Hampton Roads Electrical Joint Apprent VA$473,472 Director $119,460 $120,642 2024
Niagara County Electrical Construction NY$477,138 Secretary $61,912 $58,515 2024
International Union Uaw Local 2406 TN$471,254 F.s./treas. $11,477 $12,618 2024
The Workfirst Foundation NY$479,200 Former Chairman $36,848 $34,826 2024
Employment Technology Inc PA$479,406 Executive Director $46,318 $49,738 2023
Racine Education Uniserv Council Inc WI$479,535 Rea President $111,944 $122,280 2024
Embodywise CA$469,938 President $22,000 $20,456 2023
Trans Journalists Association NY$480,143 Secretary $200 $189 2024
Goodwork NH$469,049 Ceo $117,263 $113,250 2024
Local 37 Iron Workers Jac Fund RI$481,058 Union Trustee $111,319 $114,942 2023
Farm Labor Organizing Committee OH$468,637 President $75,600 $86,224 2023
United Union Of Roofers Waterproofers NJ$481,334 President $5,649 $5,275 2024
National Skilled Trades Network OH$482,057 Co-executive Director $60,000 $66,469 2024
Disabledperson Inc CA$482,638 President $78,600 $70,989 2024
Matco Industries Inc OH$483,019 Ceo $112,724 $128,564 2023
We Are Hope Inc WI$466,247 Executive Director $67,173 $73,375 2024
Abatement Workers Local #207 Joint Training Fund MI$484,778 Training Director $43,004 $46,426 2024
Operating Engineers Local 953 Journeyman NM$484,913 Executive Director $74,942 $84,307 2024
First Community Capital Inc CA$486,010 President & Ceo $114,400 $103,322 2024
The Reciprocity Collective CO$486,440 Executive Director $100,420 $100,713 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Karla Castaneda) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 476 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,703 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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 13, 2026.