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Compensation Comparability Determination

Legal Aid Justice Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 540884513
VA · NTEE I80Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Ciolfi, Executive Director / CEO ($218,012) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela Ciolfi — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,776 total compensation of comparable organizations → $336,183 $218,012
$135,56410th
$165,42325th
$188,752Median
$215,87975th
$243,93090th
$218,012This org · 78th
p10$135,564
p25$165,423
p50$188,752
p75$215,879
p90$243,930
$218,012

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 VA 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
Neighborhood Legal Services Association PA$9,650,863 Executive Director $169,794 $170,846 2025
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc ME$9,659,038 Executive Di $156,114 $166,684 2023
Center For Responsible Lending NC$9,670,335 President $163,614 $175,090 2024
Texas Legal Services Center Inc TX$9,737,687 Executive Director $227,484 $242,636 2023
Center For Child Protection TX$9,785,804 Ceo $205,807 $213,218 2024
🔒 63 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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:

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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.