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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

We Care Tucson

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860830973
AZ · NTEE B91Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meme Aguila, Executive Director / CEO ($73,612) against the 2000 closest of 2,299 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,299 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $444,358 $73,612
$7,67910th
$22,31025th
$43,753Median
$66,33675th
$93,17890th
$73,612This org · 80th
p10$7,679
p25$22,310
p50$43,753
p75$66,336
p90$93,178
$73,612

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
Isd 883 Education Foundation MN$226,822 Executive Director $50,004 $51,376 2023
Rabiej Litigation Law Center SC$226,766 President & $100,000 $105,364 2024
Theo Inc ND$226,676 Executive Director $54,718 $60,646 2024
Hip Hop Congress Inc CA$226,661 Executive Director $2,500 $2,245 2023
Springboard Child Care Inc CO$226,628 President $30,000 $29,053 2024
Ethos Literacy NM$227,120 Executive Director $63,000 $68,436 2024
Covenant Academy In The Hills MI$226,604 Ceo $72,650 $75,735 2024
Community Partnership For Children NM$226,587 Executive Director $86,999 $97,296 2023
Hhh Equine Inc GA$226,556 President An $34,875 $35,415 2024
Destinyworks IN$226,555 Executive Director $150,000 $159,761 2024
Brown Broadcasting Service Inc RI$226,542 Vice President $2,756 $2,669 2024
Lords Kingdom Academy Inc FL$227,205 President $21,950 $20,826 2024
The Charitable Childrens Fund Of NC$227,216 Executive Director $182,293 $190,235 2024
Wilson Education Foundation PA$226,468 Executive Director $33,250 $33,488 2024
Noshami Institute NH$226,447 Executive Director $60,020 $57,626 2023
Moynihan Scholarship Fund Inc NY$226,407 Chief Executive Officer $52,926 $48,302 2024
Regina Inc SC$227,382 Executive Di $45,000 $47,414 2024
Spring Knolls Cooperative Nursery School MD$226,329 Executive Dir. $47,410 $46,088 2023
Parachute Project Inc NY$226,311 Executive Dir. $104,091 $94,997 2024
Sherman Apartments Association IL$227,426 Secretary/treasurer $12,317 $12,591 2023
City Youth Matrix MD$226,278 Executive Director $18,000 $16,996 2024
United Nations Association Of NY$226,269 Executive Dir. $98,000 $89,438 2024
Livingston County Education Alliance In NY$227,485 Preaident/ Ceo $10,868 $9,918 2024
Highlands Pre Schools Assoc WA$226,241 Administrator And Treasurer $58,945 $54,874 2023
Friends Of Cambridge Rindge And MA$226,231 Program Coordinator $44,032 $38,932 2025

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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Meme Aguila) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,612 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.