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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance For Working Together Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455516062
OH · NTEE U40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Teresa Simons, Executive Director / CEO ($104,380) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,198 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,345 $104,380
$20,99910th
$31,35825th
$71,348Median
$105,87175th
$130,16790th
$104,380This org · 73rd
p10$20,999
p25$31,358
p50$71,348
p75$105,871
p90$130,167
$104,380

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 OH 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
Rnd4impact Inc CA$333,249 President $120,000 $97,833 2024
Open Environmental Data Inc DE$325,667 President $151,928 $140,453 2024
Partnership To Advance Responsible Techn PA$354,501 Executive Director $146,846 $142,345 2023
Mid-atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory Inc MD$309,847 Executive Director $51,877 $44,611 2025
Spark Photonics Foundation Inc MA$298,800 Clerk $30,447 $26,595 2023
Ieom Society International MI$379,303 Executive Di $22,000 $21,439 2024
Youth Code Jam San Antonio TX$381,787 Executive Di $73,378 $71,348 2023
Aci Center Of Excellence For Carbon MI$288,265 Secretary/executive Direct $37,064 $36,120 2024
Pacific Impact Zone CA$284,456 Executive Director $82,623 $72,193 2022
Professional Services Council Foundation VA$407,306 Executive Vice President $22,713 $20,706 2024
Rocks Build America Foundation VA$254,249 Int. Pres. & Ceo (From 10/2024) $59,384 $54,136 2024
Mosaix Global Network AR$427,489 Executive Dir. $104,253 $113,908 2023
Reuseum Educational Inc ID$444,424 President/executive Direct $110,961 $114,738 2023
Forest Products Society LA$455,150 President $5,000 $5,198 2024
Center For Maximum Potential TX$479,528 Co-director $76,500 $72,250 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
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 (Teresa Simons) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (U40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $104,380 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.