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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Oscar Romero Center For Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452975972
TX · NTEE X01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maria-jose Recinos Lpc, Executive Director / CEO ($35,000) against the 2000 closest of 2,111 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maria-jose Recinos Lpc — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,111 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $280,890 $35,000
$14,46710th
$29,13825th
$52,451Median
$81,99475th
$113,23390th
$35,000This org · 31st
p10$14,467
p25$29,138
p50$52,451
p75$81,994
p90$113,233
$35,000

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 TX 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
J17 Ministries Inc AZ$325,888 Ceo $72,221 $67,443 2024
Potter's Field Ranch Inc MT$325,929 President $42,000 $45,259 2023
Unity 4 Orphans CA$325,932 President $81,217 $68,098 2024
Jewish Heritage Connection PA$325,963 Pres/exec Dir $81,990 $77,346 2025
Create Hope TX$325,990 President $34,200 $33,219 2024
Lombard Mennonite Peace Center IL$325,800 Executive Dir. $126,923 $121,163 2024
The Quick Daf Inc NJ$325,753 President $210,500 $182,494 2024
Thomas E Mcdaniels Ministries Inc TX$326,067 President $42,073 $40,866 2024
Interfaith Community Partners IL$325,717 Executive Dir. $76,529 $73,055 2024
Mentoring Timothy Inc MT$326,102 President $95,000 $99,435 2024
Greenhouse In Paris Nfp IL$325,542 Pres/chair $115,959 $113,966 2023
Limitless Church OK$325,532 President / Pastor $31,000 $33,146 2024
Come International Baptist Ministries IL$326,294 President & Ceo $6,000 $5,728 2024
Catholic Education Opportunities KY$325,341 Executive Di $75,000 $80,552 2023
Bethesda Recovery Inc GA$326,517 Manager $13,728 $13,403 2024
Laughter For All Inc CA$325,275 Executive Dir. $32,841 $28,349 2023
Fischer Ministries Inc OK$326,545 Executive Director $133,800 $143,060 2024
Life Balance Institute CA$326,590 President $41,589 $34,871 2024
Dannie Hood Ministries Inc CO$326,632 President $52,883 $49,238 2024
Kollel Of Young Israel OH$325,000 Rosh Kollel $65,000 $66,849 2024
Community Mikveh Ltd NY$324,980 Secretary $36,500 $32,026 2024
Leadership Empowerment Center Inc TN$326,841 Executive Di $92,252 $94,158 2024
The American Vision Inc GA$326,882 President $103,000 $100,562 2024
Plur Life Ministries CA$326,909 President $76,092 $63,801 2024
Forgiven Ministry Inc NC$327,084 President $22,645 $23,391 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Maria-jose Recinos Lpc) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,000 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.