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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roots Family Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814625101
CO · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Crystal A Munoz, Executive Director / CEO ($106,741) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,775 total compensation of comparable organizations → $254,250 $106,741
$14,06010th
$43,97725th
$74,794Median
$84,69775th
$102,50490th
$106,741This org · 94th
p10$14,060
p25$43,977
p50$74,794
p75$84,697
p90$102,504
$106,741

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 CO 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
Edgewater Collective CO$445,902 Executive Director $65,500 $69,219 2023
Routt County Riders CO$455,653 Executive Dir. $79,660 $81,768 2024
Scd Enrichment Program CO$406,821 Founder/executive Director $80,000 $84,542 2023
Charter Facility Solutions CO$478,719 Executive Director $240,590 $254,250 2023
Right On Mobile Education CO$484,553 Director $38,082 $39,090 2024
Roaring Fork Valley Early CO$484,731 Executive Di $88,680 $88,680 2025
Colorado Rising For Communities CO$372,469 Executive Di $80,195 $84,748 2023
The Undergraduate Interfraternity CO$360,997 President $6,600 $6,775 2024
Global Leaders Inc CO$355,123 Executive Director $16,250 $16,680 2024
Early Childhood Council Of La Plata CO$531,893 Executive Di $73,966 $73,966 2025
Baroque Chamber Orchestra Of Colorado CO$347,299 President $7,946 $7,946 2025
Makerusa Inc CO$551,590 Co-founder And Ceo And Board Member $98,096 $100,691 2024
C I R C L E CO$330,568 Executive Director And Founder $80,000 $82,117 2024
Co-alas CO$322,886 Executive Dir. $58,122 $59,660 2024
Give Back Yoga Foundation CO$298,347 Executive Di $25,000 $25,661 2024
Restorative Justice Education CO$621,890 President $57,125 $58,636 2024
Launch Network CO$622,349 President $101,000 $106,734 2023
A Childs Song Inc CO$635,927 Executive Director $71,558 $75,621 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2025 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 CO 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Crystal A Munoz) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + CO + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,741 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.