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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Howard County Council On Aging

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 751514689
TX · NTEE P81Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maria Ontiveros, Executive Director / CEO ($27,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 132 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Maria Ontiveros — 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

132 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 132 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,333 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,695 $27,500
$23,01610th
$37,76925th
$49,282Median
$64,09675th
$78,05490th
$27,500This org · 14th
p10$23,016
p25$37,769
p50$49,282
p75$64,096
p90$78,054
$27,500

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
Scott County Senior Citizens Inc AR$300,874 Executive Director $36,500 $41,015 2024
Audrey's Angels AZ$300,789 Executive Director $63,073 $60,640 2024
Falls Township Senior Citizens Inc PA$298,591 Foundation Mgr. $45,630 $46,833 2023
Eaton Area Senior Center Inc MI$298,581 Executive Director $75,124 $75,519 2025
Riverview Community Action Corporation PA$298,319 Executive Director - Resigned $50,760 $52,098 2023
The Senior Agenda Coalition Of Rhode RI$298,296 Executive Director $32,308 $30,970 2024
Senior Citizens Council Of Madison County Inc FL$306,937 Executive Director $47,925 $45,008 2024
Callahan County Aging TX$297,942 Director $24,000 $23,381 2025
Corbin Senior Citizens Inc KY$297,677 Executive Director $40,574 $42,454 2025
Silver Horizons New Mexico Inc NM$297,096 Executive Dir. $74,380 $79,975 2024
Martin County Senior Citizens Corporation KY$296,836 Director $35,624 $38,261 2024
Circle Of Friends Inc PA$309,648 Executive Director $63,964 $63,767 2024
People Program Inc LA$294,092 Executive Director $71,000 $78,156 2024
Fair Park Activity Center TN$293,399 Exc Director $45,000 $47,286 2024
Senior Needs Committee Of Wells And Ogunquit ME$291,770 Director At Large $45,797 $45,844 2024
Connellsville Area Senior PA$291,594 Executive Di $42,921 $42,789 2024
Rapp At Home VA$291,247 Executive Director $63,667 $61,454 2024
Crescent Cities Charities Inc MD$289,816 President $4,550 $4,378 2023
Cokeville Senior Citizen Center Inc WY$288,546 Site Director $29,562 $31,646 2024
Tipton Co Commission On Aging TN$285,980 Exec Director $34,165 $36,961 2023
Cozad Haymaker Grand Generation Center Inc NE$319,976 Executive Director $48,500 $50,804 2025
Faribault Area Senior Citizens Inc MN$284,670 Executive Di $70,000 $69,146 2024
Creative Aging Network - Nc NC$320,568 Executive Director $47,959 $49,539 2024
Jefferson Senior Citizens Center Inc FL$320,571 Executive Director $34,300 $33,164 2023
Marlboro County Council On Aging SC$320,574 Executive Director $54,128 $56,451 2024

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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Maria Ontiveros) 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 132 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,500 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.