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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pueblo Organizado En Defensa De La

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742682311
TX · NTEE S21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susana Almanza, Executive Director / CEO ($45,833) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Susana Almanza — 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

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,580 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,888 $45,833
$23,39710th
$39,08525th
$54,284Median
$73,71675th
$100,50890th
$45,833This org · 38th
p10$23,397
p25$39,085
p50$54,284
p75$73,716
p90$100,508
$45,833

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
Renewing Homes Of Greater Augusta Inc VA$228,987 Executive Dir. $17,730 $16,194 2025
Sheridan Service Center MT$233,421 Director $54,080 $55,145 2025
Gramatan Village Inc NY$217,697 Executive Di $75,000 $65,807 2024
Greensboro Community Television Inc NC$215,106 Executive Director $73,588 $73,832 2024
Inspire Wisconsin Inc WI$237,754 Executive Di $83,487 $84,663 2024
Citizens Of Louisville Organized And United Together Inc KY$241,396 Lead Organizer $67,904 $72,931 2023
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition PA$241,719 Executive Dir. $52,800 $52,638 2023
Friends Of The Columbia River Gateway WA$242,402 Store Manager $37,099 $33,205 2023
New Mexico Association Of Community Partners NM$208,602 Executive Director $67,420 $68,597 2025
Citizens For A Loring Park Community MN$243,591 Executive Director $80,582 $79,599 2023
Forever Elmwood Corporation NY$244,931 Executive Director $33,000 $28,955 2024
Watkins Glen Promotions Inc NY$245,999 Executive Director $52,490 $47,417 2023
New Impact WA$247,260 Senior Product Manager $140,400 $122,057 2024
Mercy Drive Ministries Inc FL$203,672 Executive Director $48,739 $47,649 2022
Queen Anne Neighbors For Responsible Growth WA$203,550 Executive Director $81,974 $73,369 2023
Pregnancy Outreach Clinic Of MT$248,866 Executive Di $36,806 $38,524 2024
Community Action Council Of Crow MN$253,081 Executive Di $62,000 $59,487 2024
El Puente Hispano NC$254,498 Executive Director $20,293 $19,836 2025
Dyslexia Resource Center SC$196,445 Executive Director $44,600 $46,514 2023
Payne-phalen Community Council MN$255,498 Executive Director $129,930 $128,345 2023
Gateway Eitc Community Coalition MO$256,128 Executive Director $72,450 $72,591 2025
Oakland Transportation Management Associ PA$193,830 Executive Director $103,089 $99,823 2024
Reach Waupun Inc WI$192,333 Executive Director $27,410 $27,079 2025
Downtown Canandaigua Business Management NY$191,704 C.e.o. $45,128 $40,766 2023
The Society For Psychedelic Outreach CO$264,266 Chair $42,800 $42,710 2022

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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Susana Almanza) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,833 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.