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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sfi Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271569291
PA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cynthia Pasquinelli, Executive Director / CEO ($31,382) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 197 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cynthia Pasquinelli — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

197 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 197 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$776 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,145 $31,382
$6,27910th
$22,04125th
$38,681Median
$63,64375th
$95,04990th
$31,382This org · 40th
p10$6,279
p25$22,041
p50$38,681
p75$63,643
p90$95,049
$31,382

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 PA 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
My Brother's Keeper International TN$234,449 President $35,627 $38,662 2023
Illinois Counseling Association Foundation IL$235,273 Executive Director $64,375 $63,464 2024
Building Blocks Foundation OH$233,269 Executive Director $39,134 $41,564 2024
Amphibian Ark MN$236,334 Program Officer $58,711 $58,174 2024
First Responders 1st NC$233,020 Executive Director $120,708 $125,069 2024
Full Circle Fund CA$232,350 Executive Dir. $54,687 $48,752 2023
Infinite Family NY$232,148 President And Ceo $87,921 $82,021 2023
Freedom Project Network MS$231,398 Executive Director $39,230 $43,814 2024
Hamblen County Foundation For TN$230,307 Executive Director $30,000 $31,622 2024
Velocity Entrepreneurial Drive CA$239,741 Executive Di $110,000 $98,062 2023
The Sumner Station Foundation NJ$240,014 President & Treasurer $135,147 $120,999 2024
Creating Caring Communities CA$229,516 Executive Director $22,953 $19,875 2024
The Jadyn Fred Fund MT$240,925 Executive Director $26,532 $29,527 2023
Ted Lindsay Foundation MI$242,028 President $24,000 $24,841 2024
70x7 Foundation Inc GA$242,895 Executive Dir. $51,667 $52,094 2024
Virgil Abloh Foundation NY$225,540 Executive Director $53,125 $48,138 2024
Blaze Credit Union Foundation MN$244,151 Ceo - Credit Union $47,218 $46,786 2024
Biletnikoff Foundation CA$244,689 Executive Direc $73,500 $63,643 2024
Light Of Life Performing Arts PA$245,294 Board Chair $30,105 $30,105 2024
Saving Grace K9s NC$245,382 Director $24,000 $25,602 2023
Families Matter Food Pantry Inc PA$223,699 Board Member $21,600 $22,238 2023
Vision Hudson Valley NY$223,450 Director $80,000 $74,632 2023
South Carolina Federal Credit Union SC$246,692 Executive Director $58,801 $63,331 2023
The Woody Foundation Inc FL$248,584 Vice President $28,498 $26,846 2024
The Rauch Foundation Inc IN$220,940 Ceo $22,276 $24,252 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2024 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 PA 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Cynthia Pasquinelli) 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 197 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,382 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.