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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Native Public Media Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800672072
AZ · NTEE W50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Loris A Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($117,685) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 385 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Loris A Taylor — reported title “PRESIDENT AND CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

385 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 385 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$137 total compensation of comparable organizations → $861,703 $117,685
$16,87010th
$43,94725th
$75,862Median
$114,25175th
$155,08190th
$117,685This org · 77th
p10$16,870
p25$43,947
p50$75,862
p75$114,251
p90$155,081
$117,685

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 AZ 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
Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc MA$494,602 Executive Director & Ceo $165,000 $154,173 2023
Landon's Light Foundation ND$494,603 Executive Di $87,735 $97,241 2024
American Military Family Inc CO$493,976 Founder/ceo $76,397 $73,985 2024
The Association For The Friends Of Justice For The 43rd Judicial Circuit In MO$495,247 Executive Director $52,660 $56,331 2024
Talons Reach Foundation Inc MT$493,351 President $18,462 $20,099 2024
Asian Entrepreneurship Foundation Inc MA$496,151 Director Of Partnership $105,575 $95,817 2024
Bendable Therapy OR$492,687 Executive Dir. $17,800 $16,695 2024
Veteran's Advocacy Alliance Inc VA$498,247 Vice President $70,301 $68,555 2024
Milford Community Media Center Inc MA$490,870 Executive Director $74,519 $69,629 2023
March To The Polls TX$498,297 Executive Director $91,666 $90,221 2025
Yavapai Regional Transit Inc AZ$498,423 Transit Manager $46,222 $44,896 2024
Alabama Multifamily Loan Consortium Inc AL$489,914 Executive Director $265,241 $289,405 2024
The Veteran's Advocacy Foundation Inc MO$489,382 President And Executive Director $57,865 $63,727 2023
Big Sky Fifty Five Plus MT$489,187 Executive Director $62,500 $70,053 2023
Empowerthem Collective CA$500,000 Executive Director $140,000 $122,095 2024
Connected To Lead CA$488,923 Executive Director $77,143 $65,543 2025
Texas Watch TX$500,927 Executive Director $32,038 $32,368 2024
Knox County Employees Credit Union TN$487,741 Manager $57,508 $62,855 2023
Consumer Federation Of California CA$486,819 Executive Director $181,137 $157,971 2024
Wisconsin Family Action WI$502,418 President $50,979 $53,771 2024
Us Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund MT$502,453 Executive Dir. $55,200 $61,871 2023
Connected Sf CA$486,021 Executive Dir. $240,000 $209,306 2024
Kansas Association Of Community KS$485,510 Executive Di $57,790 $61,429 2025
Modern Warrior Live OH$503,699 Executive Vi $48,000 $51,346 2024
Imagine Idaho Foundation ID$485,246 Treasurer $110,000 $118,183 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Loris A Taylor) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 385 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $117,685 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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 13, 2026.