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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Rural Outreach And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364563009
PA · NTEE S21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beverly Santicola, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 49 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

49 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 49 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,006 total compensation of comparable organizations → $211,971 $80,000
$23,17210th
$59,98325th
$77,763Median
$91,05375th
$127,23590th
$80,000This org · 57th
p10$23,172
p25$59,983
p50$77,763
p75$91,053
p90$127,235
$80,000

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 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
Vietnamese American Roundtable CA$450,387 Executive Director $98,654 $85,424 2024
Multicultural Coalition Inc WI$453,777 President $67,476 $70,665 2024
Palm Beach County League Of Cities FL$458,020 Executive Di $155,264 $146,263 2024
Scranton Tomorrow PA$437,776 President And Ceo $79,061 $79,061 2024
People Organized For Westside Renewal CA$467,982 Exec Director $87,229 $77,763 2023
Naa Kaani Native Program WA$469,335 Executive Director $48,954 $45,249 2023
Concerned Citizens Of South Central Los Angeles CA$475,886 Exec Dir/bd Treasurer $110,000 $95,249 2024
Community Compassion Outreach CO$413,661 Executive Dir. $108,200 $104,038 2024
Longfellow Community Council MN$491,595 Executive Director $41,392 $41,013 2024
Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance CO$402,621 Executive Director $62,141 $61,515 2023
Charleston Area Justice Ministry SC$497,948 Co-lead Organizer $82,006 $88,323 2023
Frogtown Neighborhood Association MN$398,273 Co-executive Director $78,525 $77,807 2024
Guardianship Services Of Saginaw MI$504,390 Executive Di $72,136 $76,869 2023
Congregation Organized For A New Ct CT$511,904 Lead Organizer $122,000 $114,706 2024
Together Colorado CO$512,105 Executive Di $131,686 $126,621 2024
Gedakina Inc VT$386,304 President, E $93,866 $94,741 2024
Leadership Medina County OH$381,116 Executive Director $78,401 $81,123 2025
Healthy Ferry County Coalition WA$523,649 President & Treasurer $75,000 $67,334 2024
Innovative Behavioral Services Inc MS$524,145 Ceo $100,648 $112,408 2024
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition NY$366,005 Executive Di $93,012 $84,281 2024
Okanogan County Community Coalition WA$364,412 Executive Dir $64,895 $59,983 2023
New Haven Rising Inc CT$364,117 Secretary/director $104,206 $97,976 2024
Greater Lima Region Inc OH$534,657 Executive Director $82,041 $87,135 2024
Pinnacle Community Development Corp NC$536,487 Executive Di $198,710 $211,971 2023
Pittsburgh Cares PA$351,812 Executive Di $70,414 $70,414 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 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Beverly Santicola) 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 49 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.