Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Get America Working Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541882605
VA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leah Lizarondo, Executive Director / CEO ($53,090) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,755 $53,090
$4,09510th
$8,72325th
$27,286Median
$47,02275th
$66,94890th
$53,090This org · 81st
p10$4,095
p25$8,723
p50$27,286
p75$47,022
p90$66,948
$53,090

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
Im Young And Empowered Inc NV$66,379 Secretary $31,800 $33,013 2023
Francis Foundation Inc VT$66,407 Executive Director $115,126 $116,569 2024
Infinity Equine Therapy Inc NJ$65,726 Secretary $3,200 $2,874 2024
Mohonk Education & Neuropsychological Foundation Inc CT$65,483 Executive Director $17,917 $16,900 2024
Wellness Works Inc AK$65,228 President $7,364 $7,083 2024
Connecting Paths Pr Inc PR$66,966 Employer $23,300 $24,255 2022
Vida Spiritual Learning Center Inc CA$64,776 Spiritual Director $44,808 $38,922 2024
Spiritual United Nations IL$64,644 President $9,360 $9,256 2024
United Way Of North Central Arkansas AR$64,594 Executive Director $36,540 $41,318 2024
Northeast Minneapolis Lions Community MN$64,518 Gambling Manager $42,813 $42,557 2024
Quiet Storm Outreach Group Inc AL$67,713 President $2,500 $2,717 2024
Npx Charitable Inc CA$63,502 President $10,000 $8,943 2023
Family Reaching Out Connecting And Supporting Inc CO$68,721 President $37,373 $37,115 2023
Nigerian Center Inc DC$63,152 Executive Director $4,750 $4,317 2023
Wildcat Ultimate Frisbee IL$69,396 President $7,590 $7,728 2023
Pandemic Patients SC$62,724 President $26,000 $27,286 2024
La Crosse Area Veterans Mentor Program WI$69,466 Operations Manager $16,790 $17,639 2024
Lights 4 Hope Inc FL$62,011 President, Treasurer, Director $4,937 $4,803 2023
Drake Community Development Inc NC$70,334 President $22,305 $23,185 2024
Love The Child TX$70,410 President $6,500 $7,010 2022
Sequel Inc SD$71,064 Executive Di $80,841 $89,752 2024
Successful Living Center AL$60,911 Executive Director/ceo $20,400 $22,171 2024
Indian American Impact Project DC$60,623 Former Executive Director $29,829 $26,332 2024
Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Foundation CA$72,205 Director $6,000 $5,212 2024
International Mission Center MO$72,854 President $51,000 $52,939 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Leah Lizarondo) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,090 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.