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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Unearth And Empower Communitie

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463566978
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sara Bomani, Executive Director / CEO ($17,083) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sara Bomani — reported title “CO EXEC DIRECT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$355 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,200 $17,083
$9,71310th
$27,50325th
$45,250Median
$75,37375th
$104,47590th
$17,083This org · 15th
p10$9,713
p25$27,503
p50$45,250
p75$75,373
p90$104,475
$17,083

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 CA 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
Alliance For Fertility Preservation Inc CA$229,482 Executive Director $84,393 $81,972 2024
Partners For Change Tri-valley CA$228,302 Executive Director $75,827 $73,652 2024
Volunteer Collective CA$230,316 Executive Dir. $83,866 $81,460 2024
Hopester Inc CA$230,347 Ceo $109,704 $106,557 2024
Hispanic 100 Foundation CA$227,831 Executive Director $124,136 $120,575 2024
Bridging Tech Charitable Fund CA$227,625 Executive Director Until March 2024 $30,000 $29,139 2024
Ishimwe Center CA$231,617 President & Ceo $21,888 $21,888 2023
Silicon Valley Security Group CA$232,166 President $5,330 $5,177 2024
13thtribeorg CA$232,203 President $75,000 $75,000 2023
Parentzwork CA$233,497 Ceo $32,400 $30,659 2025
Quilting For Community CA$224,325 President $30,000 $29,139 2024
Kurtzman Family Foundation CA$234,417 Assistant Secretary $35,872 $35,872 2023
Peacemakers International CA$223,816 President & Ceo $5,000 $4,857 2024
Oracles Of Truth CA$235,446 Secretary $71,000 $71,000 2023
Love Thy Nerd Inc CA$221,842 Ceo $53,078 $53,078 2023
Pampa CA$220,618 Director $80,047 $75,746 2025
Options United CA$218,363 President $107,561 $104,475 2024
Wings Homeless Advocacy CA$217,974 Executive Di $45,000 $45,000 2023
Courageous Conversation CA$217,734 Executive Director $130,000 $123,016 2025
National Network For District Authorizing CA$242,318 Executive Director $174,198 $169,200 2024
Black Everywhere CA$216,079 President / Executive Director $24,463 $23,761 2024
Because Black Is Still Beautiful CA$215,523 Executive Director $125,004 $125,004 2023
Thomas Toy Community Center CA$214,994 Executive Dir. $46,667 $46,667 2023
Rock N Our Disabilities Foundation CA$244,484 Foudner/ceo $16,335 $16,335 2023
African Leadership Partners Inc CA$213,728 President $33,600 $32,636 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Sara Bomani) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,083 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.