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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Ability Center For Independent

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850384782
NM · NTEE P82B
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Albert Montoya, Executive Director / CEO ($75,405) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Albert Montoya — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$289 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,967 $75,405
$12,61110th
$33,07625th
$57,229Median
$74,76975th
$89,33390th
$75,405This org · 76th
p10$12,611
p25$33,076
p50$57,229
p75$74,769
p90$89,333
$75,405

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 NM 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
People Empowered And Communities Enhanc WA$477,905 Executive Director $60,018 $51,436 2023
True Connections Community Programs Inc CA$479,066 Executive Dir. $360 $289 2024
Misty Meadows Mitey Riders Inc NC$484,578 Managing Director $39,918 $38,348 2024
The Speak Foundation Inc FL$467,773 President $16,080 $14,045 2024
Disability Empowerment Center PA$490,777 Executive Di $66,554 $61,708 2024
Community Connections Of Moniteau County Inc MO$463,670 Support Coordinator $53,139 $52,329 2024
Scott Cheerful Resident Corp FL$462,825 Director $72,000 $62,887 2024
Small Champions Inc CO$462,558 Executive Director $87,600 $80,403 2023
Children's Speech & Reading Center CO$493,358 Exec Direc/p $74,379 $66,310 2024
The Friends Network Inc NY$461,917 Executive Director $113,372 $95,249 2024
The Helping Hands Society Of Hazleton PA$494,764 Executive Director $75,540 $70,039 2024
Changing Lives Together Foundation NC$460,610 Executive Di $2,685 $2,579 2024
Empower Tennessee TN$495,282 Executive Di $86,698 $84,730 2024
Camp Capella Inc ME$496,860 Executive Di $77,885 $72,511 2024
Encore Studio For The Performing Arts Inc WI$498,463 Ceo $86,048 $83,553 2024
Cherishability OR$498,540 Executive Director $84,000 $74,669 2023
Limitless Disability Services Inc GA$452,054 Executive Director $40,848 $39,315 2023
Down Syndrome Indiana Inc IN$503,769 Executive Director $56,700 $55,593 2024
Mid-nebraska Foundation Inc NE$451,053 Chief Executive Officer $43,429 $43,429 2024
Spectrum Thrift Store Inc FL$506,913 President $9,429 $8,236 2024
Future Directions Consumer Operated OH$507,357 Executive Di $64,480 $65,373 2023
The Arc Of Greater Williamsburg VA$508,721 Executive Director $87,415 $80,792 2023
Southside Services Inc MN$446,143 Executive Director $73,260 $67,304 2024
Greener Life Solutions Inc MD$444,521 Executive Director $149,520 $129,967 2024
Independence Unlimited Inc CT$443,862 Executive Di $90,268 $78,691 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Albert Montoya) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,405 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.