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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roots Connected Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834360927
NY · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sahba Rohani, Executive Director / CEO ($122,545) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $260,892 $122,545
$20,06510th
$50,72525th
$67,625Median
$108,39475th
$120,52490th
$122,545This org · 88th
p10$20,065
p25$50,725
p50$67,625
p75$108,394
p90$120,524
$122,545

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 NY 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
Giant Thinking NY$377,824 Ceo $3,300 $3,387 2024
Suny College Of Esf NY$373,599 Former President $1,203 $1,235 2024
Teach2learn Inc NY$373,524 Executive Director $61,722 $65,226 2023
Math-m-addicts New York Inc NY$417,867 Program Director $109,920 $116,161 2023
Digital Girl Incorporated NY$338,555 Executive Director $100,880 $110,978 2022
A Place For Kids NY$338,491 Executive Director $60,000 $63,407 2023
Stem Teachers Of New York City Inc NY$430,363 Executive Dir. $52,801 $55,799 2023
Kura Labs Inc NY$321,500 Founder & Ce $254,167 $260,892 2024
Even Ground Inc NY$308,042 Executive Director $16,750 $17,193 2024
Women In Innovation Inc NY$299,293 Ceo $105,600 $108,394 2024
New York City Tourism Foundation Inc NY$461,770 President $102,700 $108,531 2023
Summer On The Hill Inc NY$464,509 Executive Dir. $86,848 $91,779 2023
Divas For Social Justice Inc NY$469,867 Founder And Executive Director $79,075 $79,075 2025
Amhe Incorporated NY$471,143 Executive Director $34,440 $35,351 2024
Tech Valley Center Of Gravity Inc NY$478,374 Facilities D $63,150 $66,735 2023
Future Giants Corporation NY$278,842 Interim Consulting Director $138,943 $142,619 2024
New York Math Circle Inc NY$268,290 President $98,664 $101,274 2024
The City Tutors Inc NY$259,859 Executive Director $63,237 $64,910 2024
First Hand Learning Inc NY$259,550 President/ceo $37,548 $39,680 2023
Teaching Beyond The Square Inc NY$257,880 Secretary/sr Educational D $65,882 $67,625 2024
Malverne Afterschool Center Inc NY$505,650 Executive Dir. $48,000 $50,725 2023
Hudson-mohawk Area Health Education NY$521,779 Executive Director $89,164 $91,523 2024
Ecostudio Foundation NY$526,946 Executive Director $23,745 $24,373 2024
Uptown Stories Inc NY$559,812 Executive Director $72,500 $74,418 2024
Musical Mentors Collaborative Inc NY$563,802 Executive Director $120,250 $123,432 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 NY 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Sahba Rohani) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $122,545 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.