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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Values Action

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464665285
TX · NTEE S01
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Saenz, Executive Director / CEO ($69,235) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1203 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jonathan Saenz — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,203 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,203 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $317,696 $69,235
$10,53210th
$28,46225th
$54,277Median
$78,27575th
$106,51390th
$69,235This org · 66th
p10$10,532
p25$28,462
p50$54,277
p75$78,275
p90$106,513
$69,235

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
Central New York Defense Alliance Ltd NY$199,533 Secretary And Exec. Director Emeritus $11,325 $9,937 2024
Pennsylvania State Assn Of County PA$199,332 Secretary/tr $20,125 $19,488 2024
Venture Carolina SC$199,622 Executive Director $5,400 $5,470 2024
Nwgm Title Holding Company Llc NH$198,968 President $19,521 $17,051 2025
The Mindful Group Inc WI$200,000 Director $20,000 $20,281 2024
Tennessee Infrastructure Alliance TN$200,000 Executive Director $90,000 $91,860 2024
Utd Building Corporation FL$200,000 President $42,450 $39,866 2023
Digital Energy Council DC$200,000 Board Member,exec Dir,president $25,000 $21,931 2023
Healthy Neighborhood Enterprises VA$200,019 Executive Director $65,337 $63,066 2023
The Village At Sherman Oaks Inc CA$198,810 Executive Director $12,000 $10,359 2023
Leap Foundation Inc MI$198,762 President & Ceo $54,838 $54,961 2024
Missouri Valley Crisis Center Inc SD$200,185 Executive Dir. $61,301 $67,633 2023
Perris Community Economic Development Co CA$200,227 Chief Executive Director $27,674 $23,889 2023
Insight Center For Community Economic Development CA$198,520 President $116,300 $100,394 2023
Three Squares Main Street Jp Inc MA$200,480 Executive Director $75,445 $67,775 2023
Swedish Medical Center Medical CO$198,392 President $17,500 $16,294 2024
Citizens4community OR$200,555 Executive Director $78,056 $70,386 2024
New Consensus DC$200,567 Executive Director $179,707 $157,649 2023
Emancipation Economic Development Council TX$198,287 Executive Director $93,674 $90,987 2024
Loiter OH$200,696 Cofounder $26,884 $29,632 2022
Association Of Health Care MO$200,730 Executive Director $5,416 $5,735 2023
West End Economic Development Corporation CO$200,738 Executive Director $71,536 $68,573 2023
Deep Roots Research SC$200,776 Executive Director $86,270 $87,391 2024
Smart Growth Greater Madison Inc WI$200,943 Executive Director $91,126 $92,410 2024
Chemical Alliance Zone Inc WV$200,945 Executive Director $178,250 $187,403 2024

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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Jonathan Saenz) 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 1203 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,235 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.