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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance 98

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814856600
IL · NTEE J20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Rojas, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Rojas — reported title “Chief Executive Office”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,005 total compensation of comparable organizations → $551,260 $60,000
$25,60210th
$45,38125th
$70,171Median
$82,83475th
$104,05690th
$60,000This org · 38th
p10$25,602
p25$45,381
p50$70,171
p75$82,834
p90$104,056
$60,000

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 IL 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
Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program Inc MA$407,344 President And Executive Director $102,307 $90,831 2024
Youth Employment Program Inc ID$398,435 Executive Director $28,000 $30,298 2023
International Narcotics TN$396,252 Executive Di $28,975 $30,980 2023
Genesis At Work Foundation OH$413,827 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $25,856 2023
Career Transitions Center Of IL$392,628 Executive Di $93,163 $88,158 2025
Dress For Success Cleveland OH$417,983 Ceo $75,417 $78,919 2024
Life Work Planning Center Board Inc MN$387,897 Executive Director $112,724 $107,210 2025
Tampa Bay Community & Family Development Corp FL$422,244 Chair $69,577 $62,913 2025
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation AL$422,418 Secretary $38,343 $40,926 2024
Strategic Workforce Solutions MI$428,749 President $55,175 $57,928 2023
Rural Engagement And Vitality Center OR$378,542 Executive Director $92,900 $85,236 2024
Midlands Education & Business SC$431,427 Regional Car $78,610 $81,025 2024
Hopeful Opportunities Presented To FL$433,601 President $74,000 $68,682 2024
Carteret County Domestic Violence Program Inc NC$437,802 Executive Director $68,744 $70,178 2024
Margate Business Association Inc NJ$367,350 Executive Director $76,667 $67,629 2024
Diversity Cyber Council Inc GA$367,282 President $37,500 $38,353 2023
Massachusetts Regional Employment MA$441,223 Executive Director Until 3/23 $178,570 $163,222 2023
Chaverim Israel Family Services Inc NJ$445,755 President $26,631 $23,492 2024
The Fountain Of Youth Program IA$447,294 Executive Dir. $68,575 $74,184 2024
Logosworks PA$448,075 Ceo $106,648 $108,179 2023
Music City Construction Careers Inc TN$357,097 Training Director $78,375 $81,393 2024
Dress For Success Charity New Orleans LA$453,371 Executive Director $64,901 $72,692 2023
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition CO$455,269 Executive Dir. $72,000 $73,104 2022
Ur Chicago Alliance IL$458,467 Executive Director $74,293 $74,293 2023
Mass Afl-cio Workforce Development MA$458,934 President $79,037 $70,171 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (David Rojas) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.