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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Housing Defense Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475414850
CA · NTEE R20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dylan Casey, Executive Director / CEO ($134,412) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Dylan Casey — reported title “Exec Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,858 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,765 $134,412
$26,47210th
$56,03025th
$75,984Median
$86,61475th
$110,77290th
$134,412This org · 94th
p10$26,472
p25$56,030
p50$75,984
p75$86,614
p90$110,772
$134,412

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
Casa Of The Wilderness Trail Inc KY$334,436 Executive Di $78,854 $95,296 2024
Colorado Asian Pacific United CO$323,992 Executive Director $36,978 $39,884 2024
Rockdale Casa Inc GA$320,892 Director $57,000 $62,807 2025
Redwood Justice Fund CA$343,496 President & Ed $140,550 $136,518 2024
Piedmont Casa Inc GA$345,323 Exec Director $55,750 $63,055 2024
Peace Boat Us Inc NY$345,491 Executive Director $42,000 $42,691 2024
Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition MO$345,862 Board President $62,111 $76,184 2023
Project 68 Inc FL$312,500 Executive Dir. $37,650 $39,785 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate MD$307,143 Executive Direc $73,410 $79,480 2023
Humanity In Action Inc NY$354,939 Interim Ceo $144,231 $146,603 2024
Women's Resource Center Of Steele MN$355,919 Ex. Director $70,547 $78,411 2024
Movement For Justice In El Barrio Inc NY$304,856 Executive Director $128,087 $130,193 2024
Pennsylvania Firearms Association PA$304,421 Executive Director $74,000 $83,009 2024
Metrowest Worker Center Inccasa Do MA$302,640 Executive Director $35,000 $34,467 2025
Legal Initiatives For Vietnam CA$362,482 President/co-director $30,000 $30,000 2023
Children's Advocacy Center Of The Big Bend Inc TX$365,005 Ceo $84,636 $95,233 2024
Father S Group OR$294,383 Ed $83,078 $86,784 2024
Gideons Army Grassroots Army TN$293,442 Executive Dir. $96,000 $110,582 2025
Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center LA$291,233 Executive Director $1,500 $1,858 2024
Carolina For All Education Fou SC$289,237 Director $59,970 $72,453 2023
Colonial Court Appointed Special VA$288,982 Executive Di $79,495 $86,339 2024
National Organization For The Reform Of DC$285,744 Board Member $23,500 $23,197 2024
Before Racism MN$284,539 Vice President & Secretary $30,795 $35,239 2023
Chelan- Douglas County Casagal WA$380,005 Executive Dir. $75,450 $75,984 2024
Naya Action Fund OR$386,896 Executive Director $18,903 $20,329 2023

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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Dylan Casey) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $134,412 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.