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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

El Puente Hispano

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823260968
NC · NTEE S21
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandra Torres, Executive Director / CEO ($20,293) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16,568 total compensation of comparable organizations → $202,454 $20,293
$26,31810th
$43,69425th
$60,859Median
$77,30475th
$101,11490th
$20,293This org · 4th
p10$26,318
p25$43,694
p50$60,859
p75$77,304
p90$101,114
$20,293

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 NC 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
Payne-phalen Community Council MN$255,498 Executive Director $129,930 $131,307 2023
Community Action Council Of Crow MN$253,081 Executive Di $62,000 $60,859 2024
Gateway Eitc Community Coalition MO$256,128 Executive Director $72,450 $74,265 2025
Pregnancy Outreach Clinic Of MT$248,866 Executive Di $36,806 $39,414 2024
New Impact WA$247,260 Senior Product Manager $140,400 $124,873 2024
Watkins Glen Promotions Inc NY$245,999 Executive Director $52,490 $48,510 2023
Forever Elmwood Corporation NY$244,931 Executive Director $33,000 $29,623 2024
The Society For Psychedelic Outreach CO$264,266 Chair $42,800 $43,694 2022
Citizens For A Loring Park Community MN$243,591 Executive Director $80,582 $81,436 2023
Friends Of The Columbia River Gateway WA$242,402 Store Manager $37,099 $33,970 2023
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition PA$241,719 Executive Dir. $52,800 $53,852 2023
Citizens Of Louisville Organized And United Together Inc KY$241,396 Lead Organizer $67,904 $74,614 2023
Community Cycles Of California Inc CA$268,858 Ceo $70,000 $61,820 2023
Interchurch Coalition For Action Reconciliation And Empowerment FL$269,014 Lead Organizer/ Ed $69,415 $64,781 2024
Inspire Wisconsin Inc WI$237,754 Executive Di $83,487 $86,616 2024
Board Of Latino Legislative Leaders TX$272,300 Executive Director $63,000 $62,605 2024
Sheridan Service Center MT$233,421 Director $54,080 $56,418 2025
Renewing Homes Of Greater Augusta Inc VA$228,987 Executive Dir. $17,730 $16,568 2025
South Texan's Property Rights TX$280,821 Executive Di $55,000 $54,654 2024
Pueblo Organizado En Defensa De La TX$225,929 Director $45,833 $46,890 2023
Strategic Justice Initiatives Inc FL$283,125 Executive Director $216,938 $202,454 2024
Nehda Inc NY$288,305 Executive Director $53,298 $46,611 2025
Gramatan Village Inc NY$217,697 Executive Di $75,000 $67,325 2024
Greensboro Community Television Inc NC$215,106 Executive Director $73,588 $75,535 2024
Multiply Goodness ID$293,898 Director $40,833 $44,426 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 Torres) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,293 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.