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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Golden Rule Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680476030
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clarmundo Sullivan, Executive Director / CEO ($65,402) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 113 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Clarmundo Sullivan — reported title “Fndr & Ex. Dir.”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

113 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 113 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$300 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,662 $65,402
$8,12510th
$29,42325th
$52,655Median
$88,23675th
$111,39690th
$65,402This org · 56th
p10$8,125
p25$29,423
p50$52,655
p75$88,236
p90$111,396
$65,402

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
Able Community Development Foundation CA$375,244 President/ceo $70,000 $67,992 2024
Siskiyou Food Assistance Corporation CA$374,141 Executive Director $17,760 $16,806 2025
Cei Foundation CA$379,212 Executive Director Foundat $100,329 $97,451 2024
Life Builders Incorporated CA$371,695 Ceo/president $135,206 $131,327 2024
Youth Recovery Connections CA$371,657 President & Ceo $92,930 $92,930 2023
Monthly Miracles CA$381,822 President $75,000 $72,848 2024
Chasing 7 Dreams CA$381,906 President $75,843 $73,667 2024
Chiron Center Inc CA$370,186 Executive Dir. $21,000 $21,000 2023
Humanity Way Inc CA$382,982 President $75,698 $75,698 2023
Association Of California Comm CA$384,655 Interim Ed $104,695 $101,691 2024
His Little Feet CA$367,606 Executive Dir. $63,600 $63,600 2023
Fresh Producers CA$386,864 Director $14,773 $14,349 2024
Healing Rhythms CA$365,562 Secretary $21,985 $21,985 2023
Blue Humming Therapy CA$389,397 President Ceo $43,620 $42,369 2024
Core Contributors Group Inc CA$390,000 Vice President $2,520 $2,967 2020
Voice Of Including Community Equitably CA$362,472 Vice President $85,145 $85,145 2023
Kind Hearts San Diego CA$360,775 President $28,000 $28,000 2023
Coppers Dream Rescue CA$360,696 Senior Director $65,839 $65,839 2023
Hearts Connection CA$360,359 Director Of Organization $60,899 $60,899 2023
Freely In Hope CA$359,948 Exec. Dir. $63,288 $61,472 2024
Center For The Working Poor CA$359,276 Executive Director $5,500 $5,500 2023
Greater Good International CA$393,723 Executive Dir. $112,670 $109,438 2024
M3nd Project CA$394,229 Secretary $74,860 $72,712 2024
Hunt Motors Inc CA$400,032 Principal Ceo $300 $300 2023
Musical Theatre Academy Of Orange County CA$401,813 Exective Artist $72,000 $68,132 2025

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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Clarmundo Sullivan) 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 113 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,402 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.