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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Polichic Engagement Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845178945
TX · NTEE R40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christina Sanders, Executive Director / CEO ($36,714) 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 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christina Sanders — reported title “Founder”, 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

$4,101 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,094 $36,714
$12,65510th
$30,78625th
$65,514Median
$94,04275th
$105,84290th
$36,714This org · 33rd
p10$12,655
p25$30,786
p50$65,514
p75$94,042
p90$105,842
$36,714

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 TX 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
Good Deed Corps CA$298,904 President $36,250 $30,394 2024
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $13,452 2024
Alliance For A Better Iowa IA$327,518 Executive Director $69,486 $73,876 2024
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $115,287 2024
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Inc MA$279,590 Interim Executive Director $13,388 $11,682 2024
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $31,961 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $77,813 2024
Adrc Action AZ$273,917 Co-executive Director, Programs $109,925 $105,685 2023
Radical Registrars TX$273,339 Executive Dir. $87,278 $84,774 2024
Salt & Light Council CA$269,154 President $24,000 $19,605 2025
New Voters Org PA$262,872 President $64,167 $62,134 2024
Progress Texas Institute TX$259,130 Executive Director $110,426 $107,258 2024
Coalition Porfor Texas TX$351,902 Executive Director $100,000 $97,131 2024
The Washington Bus WA$253,250 Executive Director $108,760 $97,343 2023
Keystone Progress Education Fund PA$253,066 Executive Di $81,923 $81,671 2023
Ruralorganizingorg OH$243,351 Executive Director $52,500 $55,588 2023
League Of Women Voters Lotte E MA$238,887 Executive Director $91,584 $82,273 2023
Utah Ranked Choice Voting UT$373,563 Executive Dir. $102,810 $105,191 2023
Este Poder TX$380,909 Executive Dir. $70,929 $68,894 2024
League Of Women Voters Of Massachusetts MA$222,227 Executive Director $91,584 $82,273 2023
One Nation Under God OH$213,748 Assistant Treas $16,875 $17,868 2023
Stand Up Indiana Inc IN$213,136 Eecutive Dir $11,538 $12,164 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Pennsylvania PA$402,869 Executive Director (Thru Sept. 2023) $4,236 $4,101 2024
Stand Up Alaska AK$206,914 Executive Dir. $38,500 $35,740 2024
Alliance For A Better Utah Inc UT$205,168 Executive Director $55,050 $54,709 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Christina Sanders) 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 (R40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,714 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.