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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831684342
CO · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tyler Svitak, Executive Director / CEO ($152,897) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 317 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

317 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 317 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$636 total compensation of comparable organizations → $260,123 $152,897
$18,38210th
$38,03925th
$67,041Median
$86,21875th
$116,77990th
$152,897This org · 97th
p10$18,382
p25$38,039
p50$67,041
p75$86,218
p90$116,779
$152,897

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Virginia Park Community Investment Associates IncMI $357,592$3,875 990
Conference Of Western WayneMI $357,625$133,699 990
Beloit 2020 CorporationWI $358,017$52,279 990
Core Services Group IncNY $357,047$105,536 990
Southern Boulevard DistrictNY $358,177$75,566 990
Main Street Of Sterling IncIL $358,284$78,793 990
Austin African American Business Network NfpIL $356,485$59,023 990
The Louisiana Center Against Poverty IncLA $356,129$65,652 990
Disability Pride Philadelphia IncPA $359,480$13,678 990
Columbus Organizing ProjectOH $355,451$87,152 990
Dimplez 4 Dayz IncorporatedPA $355,232$82,445 990
Paradise Community Homes IncIN $360,807$4,583 990
Kodiak Community Support IncAK $353,699$35,683 990
Positive Move NfpIL $361,896$73,103 990
Civic ResultsCO $353,127$103,647 990
Booc IncIL $352,023$96,967 990
Spencer Main Street CompanyIA $363,357$63,054 990
Greater Louisville Foundation IncKY $363,497$37,801 990
Jackson Hill Main Street Management CorporationNJ $363,560$55,361 990
Ferguson Road InitiativeTX $363,705$55,170 990
Pike Township Educational FoundationIN $351,107$41,366 990
Rockdale Coalition For Children & Families IncGA $364,279$84,650 990
Main Street Martinez Inc DbaCA $365,098$99,875 990
Makers CollectiveSC $349,248$23,936 990
Midtown Greenway CoalitionMN $349,180$78,978 990

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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Tyler Svitak) 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 317 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $152,897 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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). 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.