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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Peopleworks - Nm

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263682623
NM · NTEE P990
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Anderson, Executive Director / CEO ($64,693) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 199 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: Cindy Anderson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

199 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 199 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$714 total compensation of comparable organizations → $499,156 $64,693
$12,82210th
$28,54125th
$53,714Median
$72,55675th
$90,69690th
$64,693This org · 67th
p10$12,822
p25$28,541
p50$53,714
p75$72,556
p90$90,696
$64,693

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 NM 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
Flourish Homes Incorporated OK$324,273 Ceo/founder $36,000 $36,856 2023
Guardianship & Protective Services OH$324,533 Executive Di $62,378 $59,664 2024
Open Door Recovery House TX$325,511 Executive Director $157,492 $142,272 2024
Foundations For Franklin County Inc MO$317,178 Executive Di $25,625 $25,234 2023
Horsin' Around Camp Inc KY$316,030 Executive Director $82,169 $82,078 2023
National Association Of Black Women Entrepreneurs MI$328,482 Ceo $78,000 $72,706 2024
Hackettstown Business Improvement NJ$328,862 Executive Di $83,538 $67,357 2024
One Heart Warriors MT$329,576 President $62,499 $60,841 2024
The Middle Project Inc NY$330,523 Director $42,411 $34,609 2024
Evergreen Life Services Of Florida Inc LA$312,332 President/ceo $21,418 $21,299 2024
Angels Of Las Vegas NV$331,487 President $36,961 $34,446 2023
Girls Helping Girls Period NJ$311,382 Executive Director $75,000 $62,259 2023
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc KY$310,813 Nhn Director $54,573 $54,513 2023
Carleton-willard At Home Inc MA$310,206 President & Ceo $60,724 $49,279 2024
Establish HI$333,478 Executive Director $109,286 $88,361 2024
Sisters Of Grace Inc GA$308,824 President $61,250 $55,617 2024
Femergy OH$308,518 Director $43,542 $41,648 2024
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation WA$334,731 Executive Director $101,440 $82,018 2024
Casa For Lancaster County NE$335,549 Executive Di $80,622 $78,309 2024
Children's Advocacy Centers ND$303,604 Executive Di $109,105 $108,128 2024
One Heart One Mind UT$303,231 Assistant Director $22,720 $21,620 2023
Darke County Pregnancy Help Center OH$301,642 Board Member $28,473 $27,234 2024
Workable Career Trends CA$341,514 Ceo $98,750 $79,281 2023
Gold Star Peak Inc AK$300,450 President $80,000 $71,111 2023
Ministry Against The Death Penalty LA$343,734 Director $42,406 $42,169 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Cindy Anderson) 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 199 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,693 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 9, 2026.