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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aurora Sister Cities International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464347681
CO · NTEE Q19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniana Trigoso Kukulski, Executive Director / CEO ($85,524) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 513 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniana Trigoso Kukulski — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

513 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 513 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$698 total compensation of comparable organizations → $264,766 $85,524
$10,05210th
$23,36325th
$46,160Median
$71,39275th
$99,85690th
$85,524This org · 83rd
p10$10,052
p25$23,363
p50$46,160
p75$71,392
p90$99,856
$85,524

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 CO 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
Cuirim Outreach Inc VA$243,560 Director $66,669 $69,115 2023
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $20,972 2024
Powering Potential Inc NY$243,386 President $43,956 $41,423 2024
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $16,892 2023
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $124,310 2023
Life Essentials Foundation TX$244,239 President $68,602 $71,566 2024
Here For Kids International CA$242,854 Exec Director $98,291 $91,129 2023
Benedictine Sister Of St Agnes Of MN$244,669 Treasurer, Dir. $6,000 $6,626 2022
A Touch Of Love Foundation CA$244,733 President $74,868 $67,421 2024
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center WA$244,805 Executive Director $71,190 $66,470 2024
International Consortium On Governmental VA$245,089 Managing Director $89,625 $92,913 2023
Issaquah Cultural Circle WA$241,931 Executive Director $30,000 $28,011 2024
Seek The Lamb Inc HI$241,529 President $46,520 $43,436 2024
Children In Harmony CA$241,435 Executive Director $173,700 $156,423 2024
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $44,306 2024
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $53,448 2023
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $16,760 2023
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $31,343 2024
Osgood Center For International Studies DC$241,075 President $75,000 $70,664 2023
Foundation For International Education In WI$240,911 Assistant To The Treasurer $6,000 $6,535 2024
South Florida Haiti Project Inc FL$240,768 Executive Di $22,917 $23,115 2023
The Senegal Health Institute CA$240,744 Exec Director $58,240 $52,447 2024
Mesoamerican Development Institute Corporation MA$240,666 Clerk, Treasurer $2,982 $2,877 2023
Reach India Inc IN$240,370 Executive Director $34,365 $38,910 2023
Africa Faith And Justice Network DC$240,366 Executive Director $80,000 $73,213 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Daniana Trigoso Kukulski) 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 513 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,524 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.