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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Steps Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811472273
FL · NTEE P84
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandra Rizzi Squillaci, Executive Director / CEO ($96,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Sandra Rizzi Squillaci — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,164 total compensation of comparable organizations → $85,388 $96,000
$11,23410th
$23,27125th
$43,804Median
$59,99475th
$72,90290th
$96,000This org · 100th
p10$11,234
p25$23,271
p50$43,804
p75$59,994
p90$72,902
$96,000

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 FL 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
Austin Region Jfon TX$206,869 Executive Di $51,300 $53,058 2024
Friends Of The International Institute WI$205,058 Executive Vice President $22,000 $24,458 2023
Tu Casa Latina NV$210,517 Executive Director $54,188 $57,819 2023
Hromada CA$214,081 Chief Financial Officer $2,000 $1,838 2023
Ramapough Mountain Indians Inc NJ$217,243 Executive Dir. $64,000 $59,081 2024
Hands Of Faith Ministries Inc NE$187,590 Executive Director $24,000 $26,689 2024
Overcomers Refugee Services NH$228,857 Executive Di $61,966 $60,907 2023
Glacial Lakes Multicultural Center Inc SD$182,806 Director $1,020 $1,164 2024
Korean American Association Of Chicago IL$230,440 Vice President $22,300 $22,083 2025
Unitedly CA$232,317 Board President And Ceo $80,385 $71,769 2024
Abbas House Of Welcome TX$179,087 Executive Dir. $13,068 $13,516 2024
Hispanic Alliance Of Southeastern CT$233,962 Executive Dir. $48,385 $48,292 2023
Connecticut Worker Center Inc CT$237,703 Executive Officer $55,101 $53,417 2024
Home For Refugees Usa CA$242,109 Executive Director $82,500 $73,657 2024
Connecticut Immigrant & Refugee CT$166,295 Former Executive Director $11,974 $11,608 2024
Hola Lakeway TN$248,347 Executive Director $31,200 $34,910 2023
Project Alaska Inc AK$250,322 Executive Director $76,000 $75,127 2024
Fulaa Lifeline International VA$252,157 Executive Director $20,303 $20,269 2024
Immigration Community Center WA$159,038 Program Manager $34,000 $31,474 2024
Partnership For Good Health OH$253,895 Executive Di $50,000 $53,344 2025
Student Clinic For Immigrant Justice Inc MA$147,159 Executive Director $60,231 $57,615 2023
Christian Immigration Advocacy Cent PA$265,637 President $34,585 $34,741 2025
Polynesian Association Of Alaska Inc AK$272,041 President & Ceo $11,112 $10,984 2024
Immigration Services Of Mountain View CA$276,240 President $90,692 $80,971 2024
Newbridges Immigrant Resource VA$279,041 Executive Di $70,940 $70,821 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Sandra Rizzi Squillaci) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.