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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Science Arts Sports Center For Children Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841228113
CO · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Natalia V Palazova, Executive Director / CEO ($64,020) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 181 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Natalia V Palazova — reported title “PRINCIPAL”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

181 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 181 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $264,309 $64,020
$11,09410th
$23,22125th
$52,231Median
$76,90775th
$100,91590th
$64,020This org · 60th
p10$11,094
p25$23,221
p50$52,231
p75$76,907
p90$100,915
$64,020

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
Nawbo - Indianapolis IN$250,662 Executive Director $85,500 $94,031 2024
The Portland Fellowship OR$252,107 Executive Director $94,400 $91,425 2024
Fishinko Payee Services WA$249,253 Co-executive Director $86,736 $80,986 2024
Danville Girls Chorus CA$249,208 Artistic Dir $35,695 $32,145 2024
South Coast Chorale Inc CA$248,605 Executive Director $11,201 $10,385 2023
Community Vitalization Council CA$248,526 President $26,600 $23,954 2024
Our House Of Central Vermont Inc VT$247,835 Executive Director $66,155 $71,493 2023
Main Street Ottumwa IA$254,654 Executive Di $33,965 $37,785 2025
Indigenous Training Ministries Inc FL$247,691 Executive Director $43,288 $43,663 2023
International Association Of Pastel MA$247,646 Executive Director $77,361 $74,641 2023
Present Help In The Time Of Trouble Refuge Inc PA$247,484 Ceo/president $28,472 $29,611 2024
Womens Own Worth AR$247,333 Chairperson $24,000 $28,134 2024
Residential Rehabilitation Housing Inc MA$246,131 President $43,324 $40,601 2024
Friends Of The Children's Justice HI$256,351 Executive Director $65,676 $61,322 2024
Clallam-jefferson County Pro Bono WA$245,920 Executive Director $78,840 $75,788 2023
Orcas Open Arts WA$257,731 President $18,400 $17,180 2024
Peace Grove Inc CA$244,008 President $43,669 $40,487 2023
Desales Community Development MO$243,710 Chief Operating Officer $31,913 $35,250 2024
People Of Praise Vancouver Wa WA$241,899 President $33,000 $30,018 2025
Upward Bound Study Center Inc CA$241,747 Education Coordinator $35,382 $32,804 2023
Mexico Missions Inc OK$261,818 President $6,500 $7,464 2024
Civic Ensemble Inc NY$240,430 Executive Director $48,576 $45,777 2024
New Seed Foundation NJ$240,142 Chief Executive Officer $103,898 $96,742 2024
Wisconsin Ffa Center Inc WI$262,304 Executive Di $85,858 $93,512 2024
Serve Orlando Inc FL$262,554 President $57,050 $55,892 2024

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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Natalia V Palazova) 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 181 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,020 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.