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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southern California Academy Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 542084072
CA · NTEE S40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Avani S Chetty, Executive Director / CEO ($55,176) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Avani S Chetty — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,361 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,885 $55,176
$14,93010th
$23,57325th
$73,494Median
$92,64475th
$127,23190th
$55,176This org · 32nd
p10$14,930
p25$23,573
p50$73,494
p75$92,644
p90$127,231
$55,176

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
Waltham Educators Association MA$138,874 Co-president $13,725 $13,516 2025
Unite Here Education And Support Fund NY$135,771 President & Director $82,648 $86,489 2023
North Dakota Construction Council ND$132,470 Executive Dir. $12,000 $14,813 2024
Manasota Air Conditioning Contractors FL$163,127 Secretary, Treasurer $6,766 $7,361 2023
Mendocino Winegrowers Inc CA$164,067 Executive Director $56,909 $55,276 2024
The Society Of Entrepreneurs Inc TN$127,102 Executive Director $102,250 $120,897 2024
Physicians Research Institute Inc MD$170,200 President $90,046 $94,696 2024
Westwater Financial Inc CA$183,506 Executive Director $78,049 $75,810 2024
Big Apple Greeter Inc NY$184,029 Executive Director $60,045 $61,032 2024
Greater Fort Lauderdale Transportation FL$185,216 Executive Director $127,589 $134,824 2024
Better Business Bureau Education NE$185,980 President/ceo $102,708 $127,931 2023
Egyptian Association Of Plumbing IL$187,230 Executive Di $32,250 $35,664 2024
Florida Justice Association FL$190,296 President/secretary $18,495 $19,543 2024
International Public Safety Institute NH$201,077 Secretary/treasurer $54,000 $56,087 2024
Tech Bloc TX$203,547 Ceo $16,219 $18,789 2023
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance DC$211,229 Executive Director - Former $166,028 $163,885 2024
Florida Design And Construction Professionals Inc FL$211,348 Co-chair $67,359 $71,178 2024
Unicoi County Chamber Of Commerce TN$213,166 Executive Di $70,426 $83,269 2024
South 27th Street Business WI$214,468 Executive Dir. $66,000 $77,533 2024
North Dakota Livestock Alliance ND$215,195 Executive Di $100,557 $120,929 2025
Oswego Area Chamber Of Commerce IL$218,743 Executive Direc $72,726 $82,800 2023
Hibernian Building Association Of MA$218,829 Clerk $15,813 $15,984 2024

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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Avani S Chetty) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,176 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.