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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 770328889
CA · NTEE I20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alissa Massey, Executive Director / CEO ($7,772) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alissa Massey — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,420 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,930 $7,772
$31,91910th
$41,60125th
$62,240Median
$82,95175th
$105,11390th
$7,772This org · 6th
p10$31,919
p25$41,601
p50$62,240
p75$82,951
p90$105,113
$7,772

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 CA 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
Englewood First Responders IL$190,347 President $34,545 $39,330 2023
Alliance To Counter Crime Online DC$201,896 Executive Director $35,800 $36,382 2023
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc HI$186,168 Executive Director $105,000 $108,867 2023
Minnesota Dare Inc MN$185,919 Executive Director $91,192 $101,358 2024
A Child Is Missing Inc FL$208,762 Executive Di $62,292 $65,825 2024
Crime Stoppers Of The United States Of America Inc VA$235,634 Director $39,000 $42,358 2024
Lamoille County Special Investigation VT$241,895 Exceutive Director $68,515 $77,572 2024
Legacies Of Success Cdc OH$146,819 Executive Dir. $60,036 $71,527 2024
Journey 4ward TX$245,349 Advocate/director $52,737 $59,340 2024
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $99,089 2024
Stop The Violence Indianapolis Inc IN$141,307 President/executive Director $45,000 $54,957 2023
West Hamlin Unity Place Inc WV$138,243 President $53,483 $65,139 2024
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $5,420 2024
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $27,456 2023
Momentum Nonprofit Partners TN$281,398 Chief Executive Officer $123,166 $149,930 2023
Citizens Crime Commission Of Delaware Valley PA$283,394 President $50,000 $57,744 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Alissa Massey) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,772 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.