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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Civic Ensemble Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800901924
NY · NTEE Z99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($48,576) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 174 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julia Taylor — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

174 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 174 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22 total compensation of comparable organizations → $280,470 $48,576
$12,83310th
$24,81525th
$53,935Median
$80,37375th
$104,39690th
$48,576This org · 48th
p10$12,833
p25$24,815
p50$53,935
p75$80,373
p90$104,396
$48,576

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 NY 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
New Seed Foundation NJ$240,142 Chief Executive Officer $103,898 $102,658 2024
Upward Bound Study Center Inc CA$241,747 Education Coordinator $35,382 $34,809 2023
People Of Praise Vancouver Wa WA$241,899 President $33,000 $31,853 2025
Love In The Name Of Christ Of Skagi WA$238,190 Executive Director $66,021 $65,413 2024
Desales Community Development MO$243,710 Chief Operating Officer $31,913 $37,406 2024
Peace Grove Inc CA$244,008 President $43,669 $42,963 2023
Yucaipa Swim Team Inc CA$235,834 Executive Di $58,000 $55,425 2024
Economic Development Corporation CA$235,716 Executive Director $110,027 $105,141 2024
World Population Balance MN$235,217 Executive Director $86,798 $94,913 2024
Coaches Honor Inc FL$235,037 Executive Di $64,900 $69,464 2023
Clallam-jefferson County Pro Bono WA$245,920 Executive Director $78,840 $80,422 2023
Residential Rehabilitation Housing Inc MA$246,131 President $43,324 $43,084 2024
Pitcare Inc PA$233,576 Treasurer $22,300 $25,337 2023
Womens Own Worth AR$247,333 Chairperson $24,000 $29,854 2024
Present Help In The Time Of Trouble Refuge Inc PA$247,484 Ceo/president $28,472 $31,421 2024
International Association Of Pastel MA$247,646 Executive Director $77,361 $79,204 2023
Indigenous Training Ministries Inc FL$247,691 Executive Director $43,288 $46,332 2023
Our House Of Central Vermont Inc VT$247,835 Executive Director $66,155 $75,865 2023
Community Vitalization Council CA$248,526 President $26,600 $25,419 2024
South Coast Chorale Inc CA$248,605 Executive Director $11,201 $11,020 2023
Caribou County Senior Citizens Inc ID$232,074 Director $31,100 $37,694 2023
Alliance For Education Solutions Inc CA$232,064 Executive Director $32,500 $31,974 2023
Together For West Philadelphia PA$231,936 Executive Director $69,888 $77,128 2024
Danville Girls Chorus CA$249,208 Artistic Dir $35,695 $34,110 2024
Fishinko Payee Services WA$249,253 Co-executive Director $86,736 $85,937 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
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 (Julia 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 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 174 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,576 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.