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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hispanic Womens Organization Of Arkansas

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731586398
AR · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margarita Solorzano, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Margarita Solorzano — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,262 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,737 $55,000
$4,43510th
$11,17125th
$31,387Median
$53,14175th
$70,11890th
$55,000This org · 76th
p10$4,435
p25$11,171
p50$31,387
p75$53,141
p90$70,118
$55,000

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 AR 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
The Royal Ethiopian Trust Inc CT$227,607 Chairman Of $16,000 $12,963 2024
Burma Research Institute MD$227,379 Executive Director $49,218 $39,762 2024
Hispanic Education Inc FL$230,270 President $39,000 $31,659 2024
Niagara Celtic Heritage Society Inc NY$224,921 Festival Dir $5,700 $4,450 2024
Experimental Chinese School VA$231,403 Academics $2,750 $2,235 2025
Center For Cultural Vibrancy VA$223,629 Executive Di $110,586 $92,266 2024
Just Communities Of Arkansas Inc AR$222,844 Ceo $101,319 $98,412 2024
United Chinese Learning Center CA$221,680 Principal $51,480 $38,413 2024
Contra Costa Chinese School CA$221,311 President $25,000 $18,654 2024
Kooyrigs Inc MI$220,726 Executive Director $22,540 $20,698 2023
Creative China Center Inc NY$220,119 President $12,000 $9,370 2024
Hispanic Women Of Springfield IL$219,920 Vice-president $33,930 $28,825 2024
Seattle Out And Proud Inc WA$219,787 Executive Director $145,525 $112,585 2024
Chinese Center On Long Island Inc NY$219,451 Director $6,532 $5,101 2024
Aloha Kuamo'o' Aina HI$219,335 Admin Assistant $37,958 $30,234 2023
The Avenue Blackbox Inc NY$218,958 Ceo $64,267 $51,664 2023
Three Aksha PA$217,443 Artistic Director $60,000 $51,704 2024
Sicc Inc NY$216,722 Executive Director $43,500 $33,967 2024
Russian Educational Center OH$215,205 Member, Board Of Directors $27,000 $25,441 2023
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc NJ$215,092 Managing Direct $60,000 $46,291 2024
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $35,443 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $22,463 2025
Swedish Women's Educational Association International Inc FL$242,316 Chief Administrative Officer $72,960 $60,976 2023
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $63,164 2024
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $26,372 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Margarita Solorzano) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.