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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Society For Financial Awareness

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330700097
CA · NTEE A99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rachelle L Wolf, Executive Director / CEO ($108,489) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rachelle L Wolf — reported title “COO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,613 $108,489
$30,32410th
$43,05525th
$61,161Median
$83,59275th
$120,25890th
$108,489This org · 79th
p10$30,324
p25$43,055
p50$61,161
p75$83,592
p90$120,258
$108,489

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
Sutter County Parent Network CA$444,405 Co-executive Director $56,264 $56,264 2024
De Colores Arts CA$393,608 Executive Director $132,613 $132,613 2024
Women Wonder Writers CA$460,237 Lead Instructor $42,317 $43,567 2023
Demolay International 73000 Northern California CA$390,765 Executive Director $81,946 $84,366 2023
Side Street Projects CA$463,757 Executive Director $76,076 $76,076 2024
D2is Foundation CA$382,720 President $40,327 $41,518 2023
Drumming For Your Life Institute CA$473,746 President $51,200 $52,712 2023
San Francisco Classical Voice CA$494,641 Exec Director $121,000 $121,000 2024
Youth Outreach And Learning Institute CA$497,001 Castro $35,160 $35,160 2024
Better Business Bureau Serving The CA$501,477 Secretary/coo $48,259 $48,259 2024
Drag Story Hour CA$349,890 E.d. To 12/23 $66,058 $66,058 2024
Sol Treasures Inc CA$343,778 Executive Dir. $83,334 $83,334 2024
Cosmos Gakuin Japanese School CA$513,791 Director And President $48,000 $46,763 2025
Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples' Alliance CA$336,000 Director $6,000 $6,000 2024
Shipyard Trust For The Arts CA$321,074 President Ceo $118,920 $122,433 2023
Cinestory Inc CA$319,934 Executive Director $32,700 $31,857 2025
California Nature Art Museum CA$535,623 Executive Director $108,563 $108,563 2024
Dance Film Sf Inc CA$312,344 Interim Executive Director $68,950 $70,987 2023
Salastina CA$548,956 Secretary $29,667 $29,667 2024
Chopsticks Alley Art CA$302,349 Executive Director $78,375 $78,375 2024
Vietnamese American Organization - Vao CA$299,478 Executive Director $23,209 $23,895 2023
Filipino American Symphony Orchestra CA$299,219 Executive Director $71,936 $74,061 2023
Turning Point Center For Families CA$559,456 Director $51,956 $53,491 2023
Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of CA$622,187 Executive Dir. $118,527 $118,527 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Rachelle L Wolf) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A99) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,489 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.