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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Reform For Illinois

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364423884
IL · NTEE R40
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alisa Kaplan, Executive Director / CEO ($89,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 186 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

186 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 186 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$649 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,386 $89,000
$14,35010th
$28,49125th
$55,707Median
$83,35475th
$107,15990th
$89,000This org · 80th
p10$14,350
p25$28,491
p50$55,707
p75$83,354
p90$107,159
$89,000

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 IL 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
American Council For Evangelicals CA$167,334 Outreach & Public Policy Dir. $55,000 $46,922 2024
Planned Parenthood Advocates WA$170,018 President/ceo $29,249 $25,872 2024
League Of Women Voters Of The District Of Columbia DC$166,185 Full Rights Trustee $22,000 $18,582 2025
National Lawyers Guild MA$166,114 Executive Di $101,967 $93,203 2023
Mothers Against Police Brutality TX$165,252 Executive Director $110,000 $108,713 2024
Oregon Sex Workers Committee OR$171,731 Co-president $53,585 $49,165 2024
Liberation Journeys IL$172,127 Executive Dir. $91,667 $86,742 2025
Casa Mobile Inc AL$162,700 Program Director $36,000 $39,560 2023
Right To Life Of Indianapolis IN$161,764 President $45,333 $48,627 2023
Outfront Minnesota MN$160,856 Executive Di $137,532 $138,231 2023
Spencer County Casa Inc IN$160,488 Former Executive Director $42,541 $44,324 2024
Court Appointed Juvenile Advocacy AL$160,358 Executive Director $54,006 $57,644 2024
Nebraska Mediation Center NE$160,059 Executive Director $38,988 $40,362 2025
Florida Family Association Inc FL$176,780 Director, President, Treasure $159,654 $148,182 2024
Return America Inc NC$158,925 President $3,000 $3,063 2024
Casa For Clermont Kids OH$158,535 Executive Director $70,999 $76,490 2023
Multicultural Alliance TX$158,004 President & Ceo $92,000 $93,609 2023
My Vote Matters GA$157,838 Founder $12,450 $12,733 2023
Justice League Of Greater Lansing MI$157,559 President $5,200 $5,303 2024
Norcal Poodle Rescue CA$178,925 Board Chair/president $18,480 $15,766 2024
Noh8 Campaign CA$157,031 President $39,583 $33,769 2024
Columbus Right To Life Educational Foundation OH$179,834 Executive Director $51,746 $55,748 2023
Operation Liberation MO$180,778 President/tr $46,152 $48,295 2024
A Childs Place Casa Ltd WV$180,906 Executive Director $48,951 $53,912 2023
Start Empowerment Inc TX$155,281 Executive Director $12,280 $12,495 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Alisa Kaplan) 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 186 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,000 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.