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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Echo Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562054137
NC · NTEE R99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie G Ansaldo, Executive Director / CEO ($191,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Stephanie G Ansaldo — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,664 total compensation of comparable organizations → $166,404 $191,000
$19,42410th
$43,80325th
$67,443Median
$85,63775th
$130,53090th
$191,000This org · 100th
p10$19,424
p25$43,803
p50$67,443
p75$85,637
p90$130,530
$191,000

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 NC 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
California Forward Action Fund CA$410,000 President & Ceo (Term 6/14/23) $30,482 $25,474 2023
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $73,507 2023
Bring Our Troops Home Inc ID$419,583 Director $42,616 $43,875 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $145,470 2023
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $40,954 2024
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $82,134 2024
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $101,342 2024
Christian Legal Aid Of The District Of DC$441,791 Executive Director $84,930 $70,059 2024
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $98,931 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $64,201 2023
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $65,566 2023
Central Alabama Fair AL$454,239 Ex. Director $68,252 $69,314 2024
Trails And Open Space Coalition CO$464,370 Executive Dir. $76,296 $68,772 2024
Hispanic Contractors Association Of The Carolinas NC$466,738 Executive Director $137,297 $137,297 2023
Organize Tennessee TN$334,041 Executive Di $54,450 $57,662 2022
Immigration Accountability Project MS$475,384 President $31,936 $33,436 2024
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice NJ$325,629 Chief Activist $130,000 $109,109 2024
Apic Spokane WA$479,376 Executive Director $63,051 $53,065 2024
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $13,481 2024
National Youth Justice Network DC$486,091 Executive Director $100,321 $85,200 2023
Survivor Justice Action Inc TX$317,100 Ceo/secretary $46,354 $43,588 2024
Take Back The Court Action Fund CA$315,887 President $22,945 $18,625 2024
The Norml Foundation DC$301,217 Vice President $17,500 $14,436 2024
Casa Of Southeast Mississippi Inc MS$506,199 Executive Director $72,500 $78,147 2023
Vivante Espero NC$295,530 President $23,086 $23,086 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Stephanie G Ansaldo) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $191,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.