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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 660948433
PR · NTEE I80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ricardo Diaz, Executive Director / CEO ($32,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ricardo Diaz — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,497 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,000 $32,000
$9,20610th
$17,90825th
$39,824Median
$57,10475th
$93,97090th
$32,000This org · 41st
p10$9,206
p25$17,908
p50$39,824
p75$57,104
p90$93,970
$32,000

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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Pathways For Change Inc FL$106,135 Executive Director $22,237 $21,599 2024
Nevada Peace Officer Association NV$107,204 President $9,600 $9,325 2024
Clarinda Youth Corporation IA$108,216 President $3,600 $3,497 2024
Citizens For Community Justice Inc IN$103,218 Executive Director $50,000 $48,566 2024
Minnesota Freedom Fund Action MN$101,127 Director Programs Operatio $12,406 $12,050 2024
Easterseals Housing Solutions Inc MT$111,085 President/ce $16,543 $16,068 2024
Finequity Inc NY$100,802 Executive Director $116,040 $112,711 2024
Bayberry Courts Inc RI$100,704 President $52,490 $52,490 2023
Parents Against Child Sex Abuse IL$111,911 Executive Director $25,566 $24,833 2024
Clause 40 Foundation DC$99,688 President/ceo $5,250 $5,250 2023
Spf-iimc IL$112,649 President/ceo $30,975 $30,975 2023
The Foundation In Support Of The MI$99,288 President $20,185 $19,606 2024
Nofires Inc MA$113,064 Executive Di $54,600 $53,034 2024
Life After Justice IL$113,155 Executive Director $77,184 $74,970 2024
Foundation Of The Monroe County Bar NY$97,946 Executive Director - Resigned Dec 2024 $17,320 $16,389 2025
Wisconsin Foundation WI$97,733 Executive Di $38,489 $38,489 2023
Court Watch Nola LA$114,762 Executive Director $82,901 $82,901 2023
Community Mediation Services TN$96,987 Executive Director $47,625 $46,259 2024
The Innocent Lives Foundation PA$115,232 Coo $115,910 $109,683 2025
Chains Of Grace Inc TX$115,338 Executive Director $56,700 $56,700 2023
Failsafe-era Inc VA$115,465 President/ceo $6,000 $6,000 2023
Taking Action For Good TN$115,785 Founder & Ceo $150,000 $156,150 2022
Community Health & Safety AL$95,080 Executive Di $18,822 $18,282 2024
Stop Child Predators Coalition DC$95,000 President $42,000 $40,795 2024
101 Enterprises Foundation CA$94,353 Cfo $30,000 $28,388 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PR 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. 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Ricardo Diaz) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,000 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.