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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Red Salmon Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742940343
TX · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lilia Rosas, Executive Director / CEO ($62,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lilia Rosas — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,421 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,110 $62,700
$20,87810th
$35,06025th
$53,652Median
$79,08375th
$99,91890th
$62,700This org · 59th
p10$20,878
p25$35,060
p50$53,652
p75$79,083
p90$99,918
$62,700

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
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $104,272 2023
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $41,825 2023
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $54,535 2025
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2024
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $33,050 2024
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $74,950 2023
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $100,000 2024
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $41,264 2023
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $67,500 2024
Swan Impact Network Inc TX$262,320 Executive Director $23,000 $23,000 2024
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $46,329 2023
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $7,421 2025
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $96,409 2023
Association Of Paroling Authorities TX$251,327 Executive Director $19,900 $20,488 2023
Byrne Institute TX$249,283 Executive Director $70,000 $72,068 2023
Career Gear Houston TX$240,960 Executive Director $20,050 $20,642 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $39,933 2024
Si Se Puede Schools TX$350,000 Exec Directo $146,775 $151,110 2023
Texas Youth Foundation TX$236,240 Founder & President $52,768 $52,768 2024
The Texas Diversity Council TX$354,062 Ceo $91,279 $91,279 2024
Youthlaunch Inc TX$232,340 Executive Director $108,333 $105,541 2025
Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc TX$356,051 Director $56,250 $57,911 2023
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $95,940 2024
W5yi Licensing Services Inc TX$365,305 President $29,015 $29,015 2024
Corsicana Artist And Writer TX$218,446 Executive Di $33,800 $34,798 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 2024 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Lilia Rosas) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,700 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.