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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ruby M Sisson Memorial Library

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831063172
CO · NTEE S01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindi Galabota, Executive Director / CEO ($52,655) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cindi Galabota — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,086 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,091 $52,655
$8,75510th
$24,18125th
$54,970Median
$88,78375th
$112,70390th
$52,655This org · 50th
p10$8,755
p25$24,181
p50$54,970
p75$88,783
p90$112,703
$52,655

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
San Francisco Transit Riders CA$356,416 Executive Director $18,598 $16,748 2024
Friends Of Lafitte Corridor Inc LA$370,942 Executive Dir. $95,135 $109,249 2024
Bienvenido In Action TX$345,101 President $2,000 $2,086 2024
Pennsylvania State Association Of PA$384,303 Pres. 10/23- $3,000 $3,120 2024
Maine Jobs Council ME$328,750 Chairman/treasurer $60,000 $62,657 2024
Coalition Of African Communities - Philadelphia Africom PA$302,432 Director Of Programs $26,451 $27,509 2024
Socorro County Options Prevention NM$422,804 Coordinator/ $40,740 $45,697 2024
The Neighborhood Network Alliance IL$425,227 Executive Dir. $110,043 $116,157 2023
Peer Voices United CA$430,066 Ceo $101,764 $91,642 2024
Aapi Women Lead CA$438,369 Executive Dir. $176,663 $159,091 2024
Builders Of Color Coalition MA$439,464 Executive Director $86,417 $80,986 2024
Both Sides Of The Conversation CA$446,139 Executive Dir. $51,000 $47,283 2023
Visiones Collaborativas Collaborative Visions NM$246,616 Executive Director $11,970 $14,390 2022
Realtors Political Action Committee Ii MI$489,038 Treasurer/secretary $79,655 $85,743 2024
Anti-violence Coalition Of Hudson County NJ$514,496 Executive Director $91,620 $87,830 2023
Citizens For A Sustainable Future FL$536,840 Executive Dir. $27,211 $26,659 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Cindi Galabota) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,655 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.