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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Language Teachers Assoc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330681748
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Matchett, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Matchett — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$470 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,492 $20,000
$8,20310th
$27,99925th
$48,711Median
$89,70175th
$108,28990th
$20,000This org · 18th
p10$8,203
p25$27,999
p50$48,711
p75$89,701
p90$108,289
$20,000

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
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $123,544 2023
Edhec America Inc CA$399,768 Secretary, Executive Direc $194,740 $200,492 2023
Growing Outreach Growing Opportunites CA$346,188 Chair/ Executive Director $21,491 $21,491 2024
Homework Central CA$338,432 Executive Dir. $59,000 $60,743 2023
Curieux Academic Journal CA$323,512 Key Employee $44,000 $44,000 2024
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $48,711 2025
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $29,201 2023
Lompoc Teen Center CA$303,847 Executive Director $46,172 $47,536 2023
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $98,119 2024
Shared Harvest Foundation Inc CA$298,640 President $94,635 $94,635 2024
Nature Track Foundation Inc CA$465,833 President & Ceo $62,550 $62,550 2024
Making The Right Connections Inc CA$269,550 President & Ceo $27,999 $27,999 2024
Associated Students Of Whittier College CA$258,096 President $5,349 $5,507 2023
Intrax Foundation CA$502,297 Director $10,000 $10,000 2024
Tools For Tomorrow Inc CA$522,964 Executive Director $92,074 $89,701 2025
Associated Students Of Glendale College CA$536,154 Dean Of Sa $55,492 $57,131 2023
Associated Students Of Sierra College CA$546,033 Assc Executive Vice President $470 $470 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Elizabeth Matchett) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.