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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Raices Sagradas Community Mental Health

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834273268
MN · NTEE F01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maria Steffel, Executive Director / CEO ($63,924) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,605 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,122 $63,924
$48,28810th
$65,68825th
$84,307Median
$95,59675th
$101,45990th
$63,924This org · 23rd
p10$48,288
p25$65,688
p50$84,307
p75$95,596
p90$101,459
$63,924

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 MN 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
Iowa Aces 360 IA$440,312 Executive Director $83,698 $90,356 2025
Sharing Kindness Inc MA$424,272 Executive Dir. $101,200 $92,034 2024
Elyse Fox Club Inc NY$462,922 Ceo $107,178 $100,909 2023
Sauk Valley Voices Of Recovery IL$390,878 Executive Director $71,337 $76,068 2022
Bumble Bee Yoga Community TX$387,428 Executive Di $62,630 $63,403 2024
St Charles Community Care Center Foundation Inc LA$386,632 Executive Director $83,255 $95,518 2023
Family Voices Of Wisconsin Inc WI$380,994 Executive Dir. $69,694 $73,662 2024
Aspen Network Inc MO$379,721 Executive Di $76,002 $81,466 2024
Justice And Recovery Advocates Inc MD$488,592 Ceo $105,067 $96,847 2025
Idaho Federation Of Families For Childrens Mental ID$370,560 Executive Director $89,764 $94,147 2025
Total Family Care Coalition DC$495,642 President And Executive Director $102,789 $91,286 2024
Marshmallow's Hope Nonprofit IL$362,070 Executive Di $50,000 $51,217 2023
Collective Action For Safe Spaces DC$340,790 Executive Director $98,460 $87,441 2024
This Must Be The Place OH$332,462 Secretary $44,445 $49,048 2023
Project Discovery Inc NV$326,616 President $70,200 $71,213 2024
The Missouri Network For Opiate MO$541,215 Executive Director $49,600 $54,736 2023
Parkinson Place Inc FL$541,842 President $5,727 $5,605 2023
Hope For A Drug Free Stephens Corp GA$320,007 Project Dire $33,664 $34,256 2024
Stay Here Nonprofit Corporation TN$309,238 Ceo $97,587 $103,811 2024
Alliance Of Hope For Suicide Loss IL$556,304 Executive Dir. $105,600 $105,066 2024
Nami Piedmont Tri-county SC$308,875 Executive Director $66,608 $70,324 2024
Morgans Message Inc VA$558,291 Secretary $41,202 $41,450 2023
Stepping Stone Drop-in Center NH$568,340 Executive Director $102,327 $95,622 2024
Nevada Coalition For NV$296,353 Ceo/president $77,000 $78,111 2024
Project Safety Net CA$293,508 President & Ceo $112,896 $98,659 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Maria Steffel) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,924 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.