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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Long Beach City College Auxiliary Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261405668
CA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bob Rapoza, Executive Director / CEO ($176,912) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,457 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,614 $176,912
$16,28510th
$38,64325th
$69,934Median
$94,46075th
$125,82290th
$176,912This org · 98th
p10$16,285
p25$38,643
p50$69,934
p75$94,460
p90$125,822
$176,912

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
Jose Valdes Math Foundation CA$463,096 Executive Director $105,000 $101,988 2024
Hannah Project Partnership For Academic Achievement CA$463,193 Execurive Director $78,000 $78,000 2023
Cecilia Place Homes Inc CA$465,859 President $34,547 $33,556 2024
Hacker Dojo CA$466,493 Executive Director $100,000 $97,131 2024
Well Beyond Academics Inc CA$476,527 Ceo $83,865 $81,459 2024
Southern California Soaring Academyinc CA$428,796 President $60,000 $60,000 2023
Magnolia Global Academy For Leaders CA$420,262 Executive Di $78,334 $74,125 2025
Woven Learning And Technology CA$418,850 President $94,500 $91,789 2024
Kitty Bungalow CA$497,960 Executive Dir.(from 5/23 To 9/23) $69,315 $69,315 2023
Blue Dot Education CA$504,424 Executive Director/ceo $13,270 $12,889 2024
California Indian Education For All CA$505,690 Ceo $5,500 $5,342 2024
California Foundation For History CA$405,028 Director $60,851 $59,105 2024
Fred T Korematsu Institute CA$402,608 Executive Director $92,083 $89,441 2024
La Biotech Center CA$400,879 Executive Director $66,667 $64,754 2024
Homeownership Oc CA$398,009 Executive Director $94,060 $91,361 2024
Entrusted Legacy CA$514,260 Executive Dir. $44,000 $44,000 2023
5g Expanded Learning Inc CA$518,329 Ceo/director $152,528 $152,528 2023
Mentor Tutor Connection CA$392,348 Executive Director $39,568 $38,433 2024
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute CA$390,714 Executive Director $7,899 $7,672 2024
Multinational Exchange For Sustainable A CA$386,952 Ceo $84,538 $82,113 2024
One Spark Foundation Inc CA$385,208 Executive Dir $17,640 $17,134 2024
Create Now Inc CA$533,527 Ceo $64,000 $62,164 2024
Everlasting Education Inc CA$376,802 Board Member/executive Director $75,273 $73,113 2024
Joseph And Edna Josephson Inst Of Ethics CA$374,983 President $129,226 $125,519 2024
California Victor University CA$372,829 President $24,000 $23,311 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Bob Rapoza) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $176,912 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.