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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Esperanza Immigration Legal Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300239154
PA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anu Thomas Esq, Executive Director / CEO ($85,696) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 193 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Anu Thomas Esq — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

193 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 193 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$591 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,238 $85,696
$10,75110th
$23,52625th
$46,625Median
$63,33075th
$74,25290th
$85,696This org · 95th
p10$10,751
p25$23,526
p50$46,625
p75$63,330
p90$74,252
$85,696

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
Yanam2m CO$204,439 Ceo $54,680 $52,577 2023
Texas Burn Survivor Society Inc TX$208,307 Executive Dir. $48,000 $48,148 2023
Unbridled Change VA$203,658 Exec Dir/pre $40,000 $38,729 2023
Indian Council Of The Elderly Inc WI$203,080 Prog Coordinator $36,320 $36,945 2024
Metro Apartments Inc MN$209,839 Executive Vice President $18,918 $18,745 2023
Mend On The Move MI$210,320 Executive Di $45,047 $46,625 2023
North Carolina Statewide Independent NC$202,255 Executive Director $71,308 $71,765 2024
Deaf Ability Resource Inc CA$210,740 Ceo / President $84,100 $70,733 2024
Helping Our Riders Succeed In Education TX$211,029 Executive Director $37,822 $36,850 2024
Fathers Building Futures NM$211,109 Ceo $6,373 $6,874 2023
Rice Foundation Inc PA$211,200 Exc. Director $91,367 $91,367 2023
Surpassing Grace TX$201,340 Executive Director Board Chair $28,000 $27,281 2024
Teen Talking Circles WA$213,038 Executive Director $92,367 $80,547 2024
Surayya Anne Foundation Inc OK$199,279 Executive Director $49,000 $54,105 2023
Erikas Closet NC$213,804 President $47,021 $47,322 2024
K9 Care Montana Inc MT$214,069 President $72,000 $75,594 2024
Dentists Who Care Inc TX$198,497 Executive Director $65,000 $63,330 2024
Lighthouse Recovery Services Inc KY$197,001 Director $34,113 $36,752 2023
Women Of Hope Resource Center Inc NJ$216,954 Acting Treasurer $60,060 $53,773 2023
Professional Student Government MN$195,627 Secretary Of Grants, President $5,200 $5,005 2024
The Meeting Place One Inc NC$217,177 Executive Director $59,917 $62,082 2023
Promoting Responsible Independence In Daily Endeavors Inc CA$195,145 President $30,000 $25,231 2024
Lowell Terrace Corp CO$194,511 Board President & Ceo Of Mhcd $24,467 $23,526 2023
Hope Reins In Texas Inc TX$194,211 Director $20,300 $19,779 2024
Asi Boise Inc MN$218,621 President/treasurer $68,006 $65,451 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Anu Thomas Esq) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 193 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,696 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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 13, 2026.