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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Thunderbird Football Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832841434
AZ · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Colin Zaccagnio, Executive Director / CEO ($37,950) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 412 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Colin Zaccagnio — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

412 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 412 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,783 $37,950
$11,16810th
$27,49625th
$51,136Median
$70,64275th
$93,32590th
$37,950This org · 35th
p10$11,168
p25$27,496
p50$51,136
p75$70,642
p90$93,325
$37,950

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 AZ 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
Girls On The Run Riverside CA$224,544 Executive Director $65,068 $55,284 2025
Hope Afield AL$224,444 Ceo $37,500 $40,916 2024
Bridge Builders Leadership Initiative MS$224,331 Director Of Program $67,082 $73,512 2025
Partnerships For Permanence MN$224,015 Founder And Ceo $74,309 $76,348 2023
Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program CO$225,892 Executive Dir. $52,052 $50,409 2024
Mahogany Youth Corporation FL$226,016 Director $32,434 $32,981 2022
Wonder Woods Nfp IL$226,438 Executive Director $52,678 $53,850 2023
Ruff Wilson Youth Organization Inc AL$222,606 Executive Director $46,930 $51,206 2024
Love Grow Live Center Inc OK$222,393 Founder And Executive Director $6,934 $8,264 2022
Restorative Resources CA$222,393 Executive Dir. $46,600 $40,640 2024
Youth Empowered To Prosper Inc FL$227,499 Executive Dir. $86,772 $82,329 2024
Casino Road Ministries WA$227,550 Executive Director $66,036 $61,476 2023
Women Of The Dream Inc NJ$221,744 Founder/ceo $34,634 $32,153 2023
Academy Project CA$221,677 Exeuctive Director/president $24,709 $21,549 2024
D2l Revolution Inc AZ$227,753 Executive Director, Ceo $154,207 $149,783 2024
Yellow Crawfish Learning Center LA$221,614 President $22,221 $24,712 2024
Impactdmv Inc MD$227,856 Executive Director $24,960 $23,568 2024
Popup Tennis Kids Inc NY$220,966 President $124,437 $113,566 2024
Brookline After School Program Inc NH$228,458 President $89,334 $85,771 2023
Radical Arts Academy Of Denver CO$220,241 Co-executive Director $19,278 $18,670 2024
Sunbeam Kids International CA$220,055 Secretary $12,000 $11,216 2022
Adelante Hispanic Achievers Inc KY$229,721 Executive Director $37,524 $40,716 2024
Aspire Movement Inc AL$229,983 Executive Di $91,250 $99,563 2024
Hills To Climb MD$219,232 Executive Director $53,175 $50,209 2024
Mountains 2 Sea CA$219,066 Executive Director And Field Instructor $78,747 $66,906 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Colin Zaccagnio) 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 412 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,950 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.