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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colorado Times Recorder

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841267408
CO · NTEE R63
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Salzman, Executive Director / CEO ($112,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 400 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jason Salzman — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

400 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 400 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,673 total compensation of comparable organizations → $322,511 $112,500
$19,36410th
$39,40225th
$69,389Median
$94,10775th
$126,12090th
$112,500This org · 84th
p10$19,364
p25$39,402
p50$69,389
p75$94,107
p90$126,120
$112,500

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
Humanity In Action Inc NY$354,939 Interim Ceo $144,231 $132,021 2024
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $70,652 2023
Justice 360 SC$354,703 Executive Dir. $81,131 $88,269 2023
Greek-american Educational Public NY$355,472 Officer $55,000 $50,344 2024
Onward Together Foundation NY$354,147 Dir/finance Dir Resigned Nov23 $128,709 $117,812 2024
Women's Resource Center Of Steele MN$355,919 Ex. Director $70,547 $70,612 2024
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $69,182 2023
New-mac Casa MO$353,271 Executive Dir. $49,000 $54,124 2023
Sav-a-life Tennessee Valley Inc AL$357,005 Executive Di $49,727 $54,418 2024
Right To Life Services Inc RI$352,570 Executive Director $26,518 $26,518 2023
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $106,606 2023
Olneyville Neighborhood Association RI$357,460 Program Coor $51,225 $49,755 2024
Coalition Porfor Texas TX$351,902 Executive Director $100,000 $101,328 2024
Foundation To Abolish Abortion TX$358,394 President $26,466 $27,610 2023
Maine Donor Alliance ME$350,928 Former Executive Director $66,396 $67,347 2024
Nassau County Economic Development FL$350,722 Executive Di $78,750 $74,939 2024
Colorado Civic Engagement CO$350,411 Executive Di $178,783 $178,783 2023
Brain Injury Rights Group Ltd NY$359,811 Employee $198,719 $187,269 2023
The Network For Social Justice Inc MA$360,734 Executive Director $86,248 $80,828 2023
The Women And Girls Foundation PA$362,075 Executive Dir. $130,325 $131,649 2024
Legal Initiatives For Vietnam CA$362,482 President/co-director $30,000 $27,016 2023
Girl Plus Environment Corporation GA$362,679 Executive Director $83,076 $82,434 2025
Diaspora Alliance Inc NY$363,412 President $15,000 $13,730 2024
Flourish Collective CA$363,704 Ceo $158,990 $139,068 2024
Michigan Impact Inc MI$345,937 Board Chair, President $19,875 $20,781 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 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 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Jason Salzman) 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 400 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $112,500 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.