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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arapahoe Library Friends Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841159554
CO · NTEE B70Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Oli Sanidas, Executive Director / CEO ($56,754) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 54 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

54 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 54 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,352 total compensation of comparable organizations → $90,944 $56,754
$20,90110th
$34,80925th
$48,448Median
$63,10975th
$66,53390th
$56,754This org · 69th
p10$20,901
p25$34,809
p50$48,448
p75$63,109
p90$66,533
$56,754

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
El Rito Public Library NM$219,445 Executive Director $13,573 $14,832 2025
Ivoryton Library Association CT$222,900 Library Drctr $54,036 $52,838 2024
Imagineif Library Foundation MT$223,581 Executive Di $56,603 $65,511 2023
Frankfort Free Library NY$210,950 Director $51,750 $48,768 2024
Hepburn Library Of Norfolk NY$207,538 Director $22,880 $22,199 2023
Schoharie Free Library Assocation NY$206,050 Director $52,127 $49,123 2024
The Nathan And Henry B Cleaves Law ME$228,724 Librarian $87,087 $90,944 2024
Medina Community Library TX$205,509 Library Director $45,360 $47,320 2024
Living Learning Libraries FL$205,111 Treasurer $49,340 $48,339 2024
Choctaw County Public Library Inc AL$204,057 Library Director $26,400 $29,744 2024
Chester Springs Library PA$204,014 Executive Director $61,685 $64,152 2024
Ella Library TN$202,719 President $24,481 $27,629 2023
Brandywine Community Library PA$198,852 Director $46,688 $48,556 2024
Godfrey Memorial Library CT$197,012 Executive Di $55,600 $54,367 2024
Ellicottville Memorial Library NY$196,797 Library Director $58,175 $56,442 2023
Clackamas Bookshelf OR$238,289 Executive Director $25,622 $24,175 2025
Avalon Public Library PA$195,374 Executive Dir. $45,000 $46,800 2024
Eastport Public Library ME$241,855 Librarian $44,894 $45,674 2025
Science Of Mind Archives And Library Foundation MO$242,929 Executive Director $58,467 $64,581 2024
Bookleggers Library Inc FL$191,195 President, C $64,779 $63,465 2024
Schuylkill Valley Community Library Inc PA$188,282 Library Director $35,101 $37,584 2023
Redwood City Library Foundation CA$246,461 Executive Direc $86,249 $75,668 2025
Cornerstones Of Science ME$248,989 Executive Director $60,100 $64,615 2023
Little Fox Shop Inc MA$249,436 Director $37,096 $34,765 2024
Morgan County Public Library WV$177,689 Director $17,500 $20,344 2023

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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Oli Sanidas) 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 54 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,754 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.