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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Valley Immigrant Advocates

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853680827
IL · NTEE I80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Breslin, Executive Director / CEO ($10) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,542 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,090 $10
$10,79510th
$39,09025th
$57,442Median
$85,56575th
$120,94190th
$10This org · 0th
p10$10,795
p25$39,090
p50$57,442
p75$85,565
p90$120,941
$10

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 IL 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
Migration Resource Center NY$174,041 Director $13,184 $12,806 2023
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc MD$172,318 Executive Director $137,082 $137,761 2023
Montgomery Bar Foundation PA$186,570 Executive Director $10,368 $10,795 2024
Legal Aid Foundation Of Western OH$188,633 Interim Executive Director $26,821 $30,536 2023
Maricopa County Bar Foundation AZ$190,092 Executive Director $3,528 $3,542 2024
Compass Immigration Legal Services PA$199,376 President $5,925 $6,169 2024
Chosen Family Law Center Inc NY$200,258 Treasurer $32,000 $30,191 2024
Unitarian Universalist Refugee And CA$148,644 President & Ceo $45,000 $40,571 2024
Fairfax Law Foundation VA$144,619 Executive Director $8,139 $8,447 2023
Center For Integrity In Forensic WI$208,031 Executive Director $122,813 $137,871 2023
Open Immigration Legal Services Inc CA$208,729 President $59,013 $53,204 2024
Disability Legal Services Of Indiana IN$209,446 Executive Director $79,163 $87,163 2024
Education Law Association PA$212,035 Executive Di $77,610 $83,194 2023
Redirections Of Rockingham County NC$216,870 Executive Director $37,000 $41,096 2023
4 The Children CO$219,757 Executive Director $57,589 $59,359 2023
Legal Services Clinic Of The Puerto Rican Community Inc FL$220,815 President $39,000 $39,382 2023
Florida Justice Center Inc FL$221,688 Executive Director $50,401 $49,436 2024
Canadian County Casa Inc OK$221,936 Exec Director $67,667 $75,790 2025
Apoyo Legal Migrante Asociado CA$223,565 President $41,798 $38,797 2023
Crossroads For Florida Kids Inc FL$228,940 Executive Director $105,000 $102,988 2024
Casa Of Berks County PA$238,542 Executive Di $53,297 $55,493 2024
Inland Empire Latino Lawyers CA$239,060 Executive Director $84,635 $76,304 2024
Cottage Street Youth Law OR$241,380 Executive Director $102,200 $99,093 2024
The Rise Foundation By Envoy Inc IL$250,000 President And Executive Directo $132,563 $140,090 2023
Opening Doors International Services Inc TX$251,057 Executive Dir. $55,000 $57,442 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2025 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 IL 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (John Breslin) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.