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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Corazon Az

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852535554
AZ · NTEE R22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Contreras, Executive Director / CEO ($111,024) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 416 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

416 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 416 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$570 total compensation of comparable organizations → $271,094 $111,024
$22,84910th
$52,74025th
$76,540Median
$107,38375th
$144,62890th
$111,024This org · 77th
p10$22,849
p25$52,740
p50$76,540
p75$107,383
p90$144,628
$111,024

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 AZ 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
Skylight Engagement Inc NY$497,627 Executive Dir. $82,225 $75,041 2024
Casa Of The Continental Divide CO$499,289 Co-ex Direct $78,188 $75,720 2024
Disability Advocacy Center NC$496,577 Exec Director $75,000 $76,249 2025
The Philonise And Keeta TX$500,000 Executive Dir. $98,000 $99,007 2024
Clean Slate Now Inc FL$500,000 Director & Ceo $33,995 $32,254 2024
Show Me Integrity Education Fund MO$500,140 Chief Executive Officer $92,908 $102,320 2023
American Freedom Alliance CA$500,318 President $74,100 $64,623 2024
Epic-africa Foundation DE$495,046 Co-founder/ceo $49,699 $50,600 2023
See Forward Fund Inc MA$495,036 President And Director $24,780 $22,490 2024
Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation CT$501,777 Ex Officio - Ghla Ed $45,028 $42,639 2024
Let's Grow Kids Action Network VT$501,907 Chair $5,682 $5,776 2024
Election Watch Inc WI$494,049 President $120,000 $130,311 2023
Somos Familia Valle CA$493,984 President $44,000 $39,506 2023
Institute For Sound Public Policy DC$493,480 Executive Di $129,480 $114,755 2024
League Of Women Voters Of New Jersey NJ$502,550 Executive Director $12,066 $10,881 2024
Missouri Right To Life Education Fund MO$504,922 Executive Director $12,874 $13,772 2024
Human & Civil Rights Organizations MA$505,816 Executive Di $84,750 $76,917 2024
Future Perfect Project Inc NY$489,860 President $58,650 $53,526 2024
Casa Of Southeast Mississippi Inc MS$506,199 Executive Director $72,500 $83,960 2023
Spread The Vote Inc CA$506,259 Executive Dir. $141,935 $123,783 2024
True Texas Project Inc TX$506,308 Ceo $37,500 $37,885 2024
Youth Outright Wnc Inc NC$489,293 Coexecutive $58,293 $60,833 2024
Wyoming Civic Engagement Network WY$507,735 Exec Dir (Fo $54,933 $59,410 2024
Denver Metro Fair Housing Center CO$507,805 Executive Di $76,480 $74,066 2024
Multicultural Coalition NE$508,132 Exec Direct $72,307 $78,546 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Alicia Contreras) 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 416 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $111,024 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.