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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Before Racism

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851813260
MN · NTEE R20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Theo Jolosky, Executive Director / CEO ($30,795) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Theo Jolosky — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,624 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,115 $30,795
$20,47410th
$39,94625th
$63,132Median
$75,69175th
$99,47590th
$30,795This org · 19th
p10$20,474
p25$39,946
p50$63,132
p75$75,691
p90$99,475
$30,795

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 MN 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
National Organization For The Reform Of DC$285,744 Board Member $23,500 $20,271 2024
Colonial Court Appointed Special VA$288,982 Executive Di $79,495 $75,450 2024
Carolina For All Education Fou SC$289,237 Director $59,970 $63,316 2023
Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center LA$291,233 Executive Director $1,500 $1,624 2024
Gideons Army Grassroots Army TN$293,442 Executive Dir. $96,000 $96,636 2025
Father S Group OR$294,383 Ed $83,078 $75,839 2024
Palm Beach Fellowship Of Christians And FL$270,435 Executive Director $78,350 $72,352 2024
The Buffalo Trace Casa Program Inc KY$268,498 Executive Dir. $72,431 $74,523 2025
Casa - 15th Judicial Circuit IL$266,550 Executive Director $71,250 $68,856 2024
Metrowest Worker Center Inccasa Do MA$302,640 Executive Director $35,000 $30,120 2025
Moveon Education Fund OR$265,211 Executive Director $7,769 $7,092 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate Of CA$264,947 Former Executive Director $76,923 $65,294 2024
Pennsylvania Firearms Association PA$304,421 Executive Director $74,000 $72,540 2024
Movement For Justice In El Barrio Inc NY$304,856 Executive Director $128,087 $113,775 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate MD$307,143 Executive Direc $73,410 $69,457 2023
Strategic Advocacy For Human Rights Inc CA$261,338 Co-executive Director $33,723 $29,470 2023
Casa Partners 4nmkids Inc NM$256,941 Executive Director $45,000 $47,577 2024
Project 68 Inc FL$312,500 Executive Dir. $37,650 $34,768 2024
Muslim Justice League MA$256,525 Executive Director $87,374 $75,191 2025
Casa Of Southwest Georgia Inc GA$254,994 Executive Di $54,288 $55,242 2023
Central Georgia Casa Inc GA$253,174 Executive Di $70,000 $67,403 2025
Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc DC$249,901 Director/secretary $25,927 $22,365 2024
Rockdale Casa Inc GA$320,892 Director $57,000 $54,886 2025
Carroll County Casa Inc GA$247,723 Executive Dir. $63,840 $61,472 2025
Muslim American Leadership Alliance IL$246,473 Chairperson $75,617 $73,077 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Theo Jolosky) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,795 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.