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Compensation Comparability Determination

The St Bernard Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262189665
LA · NTEE M20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zack Rosenburg, Executive Director / CEO ($331,685) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 11 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

11 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 11 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$108,661 total compensation of comparable organizations → $742,082 $331,685
$218,42810th
$225,18225th
$266,255Median
$335,48175th
$599,64190th
$331,685This org · 73rd
p10$218,428
p25$225,182
p50$266,255
p75$335,481
p90$599,641
$331,685

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 LA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Harris County Emergency CorpsTX $34,912,947$229,876 990
Insurance Institute For Highway SafetyVA $36,329,580$742,082 990
National Security Technology AcceleratorIN $38,245,986$220,488 990
Core Community Organized Relief EffortCA $31,664,872$250,167 990
The National Registry Of EmergencyOH $31,271,346$346,608 990
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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 LA 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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:

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Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). 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.