Compensation Comparability

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rachel Waldstein, Executive Director / CEO ($49,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

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

How comparable organizations were selected

Distribution of comparable compensation

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 MN cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Su Casa Columbus Inc	IN	$428,724	$44,374	990
Servicios Latinos De Burlington County Inc	NJ	$425,789	$95,556	990
Pathways To Citizenship	CA	$424,856	$55,724	990
Hispanic American Mission Inc	OK	$432,272	$59,341	990
International House Inc	IN	$423,303	$56,624	990
Springs Of Living Water	HI	$433,016	$18,890	990
The Urban Village Inc	MN	$414,126	$61,772	990
El Pueblo	MS	$443,718	$64,017	990
Garces Family Foundation	PA	$444,097	$109,676	990
Iowa Congolese Organization And	IA	$446,134	$43,280	990
Hogar Hispano Inc	DC	$409,168	$152,124	990
Parity Inc	OH	$408,920	$107,294	990
Hispanic Liaison Of Chatham County	NC	$450,071	$79,732	990
Alimentando Al Pueblo	WA	$454,363	$49,181	990
Sin Barreras Without Barriers Inc	VA	$401,299	$18,371	990
Gateway Of Grace	TX	$455,143	$92,760	990
Latino Union Of Chicago	IL	$400,394	$65,617	990
Narrative Arts	NC	$397,882	$65,620	990
Pacific County Immigrant Support	WA	$397,511	$51,973	990
New Women New Yorkers Inc	NY	$460,184	$64,631	990
Pennsylvania Hias Indigent Immigrant	PA	$460,825	$24,046	990
Upper Midwest American Indian Center	MN	$460,962	$31,145	990
Milestone Community Developmen	MN	$464,045	$89,048	990
Conexion De Negocios Latinos	AR	$391,193	$79,412	990
Together & Free Inc	NY	$465,803	$117,689	990

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 MN 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:

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	32^nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	29^th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	33^rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	31^st

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Rachel Waldstein) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,500 is reasonable (approximately the 32^nd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].