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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cultural Engagement Laboratory

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261764185
CA · NTEE R99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Favianna Rodriguez, Executive Director / CEO ($7,565) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Favianna Rodriguez — reported title “PRESIDENT (SEE SCHED O)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$738 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,119 $7,565
$5,62710th
$18,75525th
$52,460Median
$78,88575th
$128,03490th
$7,565This org · 14th
p10$5,627
p25$18,755
p50$52,460
p75$78,885
p90$128,034
$7,565

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
50 Roses Foundation MO$226,165 Executive Director $27,500 $32,763 2024
Sign Research Foundation VA$223,203 Isa President/ceo $127,875 $142,986 2023
Mississippi Faith Based Coalition For Community Renewal Inc MS$222,524 Executive Director $55,300 $71,326 2023
Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty TX$222,344 Executive Director $93,150 $104,813 2024
Black Skeptics Los Angeles CA$217,917 Board Member $1,308 $1,270 2024
Iowa Center For Children's Justice IA$217,376 Executive Director $76,325 $96,781 2023
El M0vimiento Sigue Inc CO$234,078 Director $5,000 $5,552 2023
Leadmo Action MO$234,670 Executive Director $64,174 $78,715 2023
Secular Coalition For America Inc DC$214,141 Exec Director $60,656 $59,873 2024
New York Birth Control Action Fund NY$213,837 Executive Dir. $96,665 $105,304 2022
Milwaukee Freedom Fund Incorporated WI$212,208 Eecutive Dir $85,115 $102,943 2023
Registrars Of Voters Of Connecticut Inc CT$209,488 Treasurer $700 $738 2024
National Federation For Just NY$207,109 President $77,664 $78,941 2024
Rhiza Inc NY$206,804 Board Member & Co-founder $13,750 $14,389 2023
The Campaign To Keep Guns NY$205,168 Executive Director $15,250 $15,959 2023
Cuba Study Group Inc DC$246,841 Executive Director $170,984 $173,762 2023
Move To Amend CA$253,286 Director $4,800 $4,800 2023
No More A Stranger Foundation UT$254,010 Executive Director $45,831 $52,763 2024
Formed Foundation DC$255,102 Director $27,500 $27,145 2024
Interfaith Action For Human Rights VA$183,596 Executive Director $40,625 $44,122 2024
World Without Hate Inc WA$266,442 Founder & President $38,000 $39,400 2023
Operation Liberation MO$180,778 President/tr $46,152 $54,985 2024
Norcal Poodle Rescue CA$178,925 Board Chair/president $18,480 $17,950 2024
Dont Shoot Portland OR$273,365 Program Direct $160,000 $172,073 2023
Organization For Polyamory And CA$275,610 Executive Dir. $69,173 $69,173 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Favianna Rodriguez) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,565 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.