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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854088405
CA · NTEE S01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jon Henry, Executive Director / CEO ($51,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,251 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,748 $51,000
$16,59410th
$28,23825th
$76,097Median
$100,22275th
$129,91890th
$51,000This org · 40th
p10$16,594
p25$28,238
p50$76,097
p75$100,222
p90$129,918
$51,000

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 CA 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
Builders Of Color Coalition MA$439,464 Executive Director $86,417 $87,351 2024
Aapi Women Lead CA$438,369 Executive Dir. $176,663 $171,595 2024
Peer Voices United CA$430,066 Ceo $101,764 $98,844 2024
The Neighborhood Network Alliance IL$425,227 Executive Dir. $110,043 $125,287 2023
Socorro County Options Prevention NM$422,804 Coordinator/ $40,740 $49,289 2024
Realtors Political Action Committee Ii MI$489,038 Treasurer/secretary $79,655 $92,483 2024
Pennsylvania State Association Of PA$384,303 Pres. 10/23- $3,000 $3,365 2024
Anti-violence Coalition Of Hudson County NJ$514,496 Executive Director $91,620 $94,733 2023
Friends Of Lafitte Corridor Inc LA$370,942 Executive Dir. $95,135 $117,836 2024
Ruby M Sisson Memorial Library CO$360,662 Executive Di $52,655 $56,793 2024
San Francisco Transit Riders CA$356,416 Executive Director $18,598 $18,064 2024
Citizens For A Sustainable Future FL$536,840 Executive Dir. $27,211 $28,754 2024
Bienvenido In Action TX$345,101 President $2,000 $2,251 2024
Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance Inc NY$549,566 Vp Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance $203,301 $212,748 2023
Maine Jobs Council ME$328,750 Chairman/treasurer $60,000 $67,582 2024
Coalition Of African Communities - Philadelphia Africom PA$302,432 Director Of Programs $26,451 $29,671 2024
Colorado Changemakers Collective CO$596,956 Executive Director $96,753 $104,357 2024
Care Action Now Incorporated DC$641,744 President $25,258 $24,289 2025
Ella Adelante WA$657,000 Executive Board Director $26,500 $26,688 2024
African Refugee Immigrant Organization OR$666,087 Executive Director $81,000 $84,612 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Jon Henry) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.