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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 741565161
TX · NTEE Q320
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Terrazas, Executive Director / CEO ($78,018) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Terrazas — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,767 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,581 $78,018
$27,47410th
$53,33225th
$76,335Median
$89,42275th
$105,46490th
$78,018This org · 60th
p10$27,474
p25$53,332
p50$76,335
p75$89,422
p90$105,464
$78,018

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 TX 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
20 Liters MI$284,894 Executive Director $28,087 $28,150 2024
Jungle Ministry WA$284,502 President/ex $80,422 $69,915 2024
Native Future ME$286,586 President $62,500 $60,770 2024
Nehemiah Gateway Usa Inc CO$281,973 President $85,000 $79,141 2024
Grow Ahead Foundation OR$293,206 Executive Director Board Pre $21,000 $19,496 2023
Summit Initiative WA$277,114 Executive Director $120,000 $104,322 2024
One World Goods Inc NY$300,498 Store Manager $59,387 $52,108 2024
Junior Achievement Of Southwest VA$302,302 President $82,581 $77,424 2024
Hope Border Institute TX$268,242 Executive Director $53,074 $51,551 2024
Be There Ministries VA$266,817 Founder $40,000 $38,610 2023
Junior Achievement Of The Ocoee Region TN$310,470 President $93,593 $93,065 2025
Nivas Inc CO$260,322 President/executive Director $82,012 $76,360 2024
House On The Hill Inc KY$256,964 President $86,000 $89,717 2024
Farms International Inc MN$253,049 Executive Di $60,985 $57,004 2025
Beyond Capital Fund TX$249,507 Treasurer/se $80,000 $77,705 2024
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $115,743 2023
African Hospitality Institute WA$235,222 Field Director $80,000 $71,602 2023
Center For Growth And Opportunity UT$227,736 President $143,888 $142,997 2024
Junior Achievement Of Eastern North NC$345,533 President And Ceo $105,074 $102,705 2025
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $75,565 2024
Junior Achievement Of Southern Ma MA$346,789 President & Ceo $90,424 $81,231 2023
Global Leadership Inc GA$205,959 Executive Di $105,600 $103,100 2024
Thomas Jefferson Institute For The Study Of World Politics DC$365,689 President $256,004 $224,581 2023
Soul Foundation Inc MD$372,845 Chair $96,921 $87,985 2024
Georgie Badiel Foundation Inc NY$373,925 Ceo $98,010 $88,537 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Elizabeth Terrazas) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,018 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.