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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

El Sistema Usa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462483315
NC · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Moulthrop, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 143 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

143 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 143 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$743 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,694 $95,000
$11,72910th
$26,67525th
$43,895Median
$67,25875th
$82,37590th
$95,000This org · 96th
p10$11,729
p25$26,675
p50$43,895
p75$67,258
p90$82,375
$95,000

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 NC 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
Word Game Players Organization MN$240,589 Treasurer, Director $3,800 $3,530 2024
Lets Go Services VA$240,936 Executive Director $33,231 $30,162 2024
Evangelical Alliance For Immigration AR$241,550 Director $80,500 $85,060 2024
Info For Families Inc GA$238,935 President $161,548 $152,694 2024
Woosaa Wellness Inc NY$242,434 Chair $70,019 $61,234 2023
Field Of Dreams Inc CA$238,158 Secretary $30,150 $24,474 2024
Communities United For Action OH$237,858 Executive Director $77,297 $76,960 2024
Entrusted Houston TX$243,479 Executive Dir. $40,000 $38,724 2023
Seeds Of Harmony Inc AZ$237,318 Executive Dir. $56,791 $51,343 2024
Beyond Violence Inc PA$244,604 Executive Director $43,680 $42,157 2023
Fish For Life Inc CA$246,187 President $70,000 $56,821 2024
Crack House Ministries OH$234,126 President $78,230 $80,190 2023
Victory Restoration Centers LA$246,790 President $3,462 $3,584 2024
Williamsburg Area Faith In Action I VA$247,693 Executive Director $69,615 $63,186 2024
Mount Olives Community Center Inc MA$233,125 President $15,735 $13,685 2023
Gift Of Hope Inc MO$247,837 Executive Di $83,121 $80,626 2025
Waterfront Village Inc DC$248,116 Executive Director $77,500 $63,931 2024
Desert Sol Inc AZ$232,668 President/ceo $3,000 $2,712 2024
Next Steps The Colony TX$249,284 Case Manager $75,371 $72,967 2023
Extended Family AL$230,175 Executive Director $39,646 $40,263 2024
Refuge Widowers Inc GA$229,326 Founder/ceo $91,567 $86,549 2024
Share Community CA$251,687 President $95,596 $77,597 2024
Welcome Home Montrose Inc CO$229,142 Executive Director $41,500 $37,407 2024
Kukulu Kumuhana O Anahola HI$252,145 Executive Dir. $69,022 $58,091 2024
Junebug Mother And Child Inc VT$253,845 Excutive Director $59,085 $55,905 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Elizabeth Moulthrop) 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 143 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.