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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Center For Social Creativity

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850957621
CO · NTEE S50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Galaviz, Executive Director / CEO ($51,458) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1425 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Megan Galaviz — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,425 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,425 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $700,501 $51,458
$13,01910th
$34,18325th
$63,621Median
$88,60775th
$123,58190th
$51,458This org · 39th
p10$13,019
p25$34,183
p50$63,621
p75$88,607
p90$123,581
$51,458

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
Main Street Altus Inc OK$232,739 Program Director $45,041 $50,390 2025
Desoto Chamber Of Commerce TX$232,518 Presidentceo $60,000 $64,441 2023
Ccidc Inc CA$232,400 Executive Dir. $84,000 $75,645 2024
Maine Grocers & Food Producers ME$232,273 Executive Di $101,142 $105,621 2024
Sector67 Inc WI$233,249 President $36,000 $40,367 2023
Tahoe Sierra Board Of Realtors CA$232,210 Executive Vice President $176,415 $158,868 2024
Main Street Delaware Inc OH$233,337 Executive Director $73,750 $81,462 2024
Cass County Visitors Bureau Inc IN$232,103 Former Direc $50,026 $55,018 2024
Sheridan Service Center MT$233,421 Director $54,080 $59,228 2025
Downtown Development Corporation IL$233,430 President $24,993 $25,625 2024
Economic Development Unit Inc LA$232,038 President $50 $59 2023
Connectree CA$233,490 President $83,700 $75,375 2024
The Texas Cotton Association TX$231,903 Exec Vice Pres $63,000 $65,722 2024
Black Economic Collective OR$233,756 Executive Director $58,378 $58,208 2023
The Minnesota Trappers Association MN$231,567 Magazine Editor $4,410 $4,678 2023
National Town Builders Association VA$234,021 Executive Director $46,000 $47,688 2023
Tampa Bay Partnership For Regional FL$231,371 President & Ceo $14,175 $13,887 2024
African American Chamber Of Commerce Of Western Pa PA$231,278 President $64,104 $66,668 2024
Roots & Dreams And Mustard Seeds Inc MA$231,240 President, Co-director $44,044 $41,276 2024
Ephraim Business Council Ltd WI$234,281 Administrato $56,000 $60,992 2024
Superior Chamber Of Commerce CO$234,379 Exec Director $61,250 $61,250 2024
Algonquin-lake In The Hills Chamber Of Commerce Inc IL$231,049 Executive Director $29,077 $30,693 2023
Association Of Aai Professionals WA$234,468 President & Ceo $34,728 $32,426 2024
St Mary's County Community MD$234,480 Executive Director $50,000 $48,750 2024
Independence Regional Ennovation Center Inc MO$231,026 Executive Director $55,417 $63,020 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Megan Galaviz) 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 1425 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,458 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.