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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Civil Liberties Union Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825301552
OK · NTEE S21
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tamya Cox-toure, Executive Director / CEO ($19,648) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tamya Cox-toure — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,960 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,166 $19,648
$29,61810th
$41,24525th
$54,116Median
$68,94475th
$91,09390th
$19,648This org · 5th
p10$29,618
p25$41,245
p50$54,116
p75$68,944
p90$91,093
$19,648

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 OK 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
Our Town Frederiksted Inc VI$149,892 Consultant $29,184 $29,184 2024
Roosevelt County Community NM$149,702 Executive Dire $57,579 $56,241 2024
Citizens Against Strada Verde CA$151,656 Secretary $11,426 $8,960 2024
Macalester-groveland Community Council MN$153,466 Executive Director $45,771 $41,073 2024
Mobile United Inc AL$155,225 Executive Director $54,393 $51,990 2025
Bushwick Workshop Space Inc NY$158,251 Member $40,854 $33,526 2024
Ofbyfor All Inc NJ$120,200 Ceo $161,917 $135,166 2023
Circlevillepickaway Chamber OH$118,068 Executive Di $65,520 $63,022 2024
Equidad Atx Inc TX$183,387 President And Exec Dir $109,819 $99,764 2024
Mvp Education Fund CO$115,073 Executive Director $47,958 $41,762 2024
Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition NY$185,858 Director $86,116 $70,670 2024
Glen Cove Downtown District NY$187,258 Director $49,984 $42,230 2023
Charlotteeast NC$108,731 Executive Director $75,000 $70,377 2024
Downtown Canandaigua Business Management NY$191,704 C.e.o. $45,128 $38,127 2023
Reach Waupun Inc WI$192,333 Executive Director $27,410 $25,326 2025
Oakland Transportation Management Associ PA$193,830 Executive Director $103,089 $93,362 2024
Dyslexia Resource Center SC$196,445 Executive Director $44,600 $43,503 2023
Queen Anne Neighbors For Responsible Growth WA$203,550 Executive Director $81,974 $68,620 2023
Mercy Drive Ministries Inc FL$203,672 Executive Director $48,739 $44,565 2022
New Mexico Association Of Community Partners NM$208,602 Executive Director $67,420 $64,156 2025
Greensboro Community Television Inc NC$215,106 Executive Director $73,588 $69,052 2024
Gramatan Village Inc NY$217,697 Executive Di $75,000 $61,547 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Tamya Cox-toure) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,648 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.