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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cultural Coalition Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860887562
AZ · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carmen Guerrero, Executive Director / CEO ($62,292) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 171 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

171 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 171 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,519 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,576 $62,292
$16,02010th
$30,05425th
$56,375Median
$80,45275th
$102,65490th
$62,292This org · 57th
p10$16,020
p25$30,054
p50$56,375
p75$80,452
p90$102,654
$62,292

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
International Muslim Outreach Inc FL$403,502 Executive Director $110,000 $107,449 2024
Pacific Community Of Alaska AK$402,914 Executive Director $100,300 $102,654 2023
Salem Multi Institute OR$402,048 Executive Director $50,000 $49,707 2023
Academy Of Himalayan Art And Childr HI$406,001 President $25,000 $23,961 2023
Freetown Village Inc IN$406,571 Executive Director $62,400 $68,423 2024
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural OH$407,509 Executive Director $73,390 $83,213 2023
Bundled Arrows Inc NY$398,839 Director $7,416 $6,968 2024
We Are The Culture Creators Nonprofit MI$396,365 Executive Director $30,000 $33,148 2023
Michigan Black Expo Inc MI$410,971 President $49,918 $55,156 2023
Aspiring Leaders Enrichment Center Inc NY$411,858 President $17,050 $16,020 2024
Latino Music Education Network CA$395,124 Member Board Of Directors $20,000 $18,488 2023
Dance Parade Inc NY$394,841 Brd&exec Dir $24,750 $22,655 2025
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc IL$394,781 Executive Artistic Director $55,000 $56,223 2024
Indigenous Language Institute NM$413,452 Executive Di $72,000 $80,522 2024
Ujima Mens Collective Inc FL$414,105 President And Program Directoor $76,500 $76,934 2023
Fanm Saj Inc FL$392,782 Director $58,359 $57,006 2024
Caribbeing Inc NY$414,535 Executive Dir. $14,125 $13,272 2024
Indigenous Performance Productions A Nonprofit Corporation WA$415,091 President $60,000 $55,856 2024
New York Society Of Eye Physicians And Surgeons Inc NY$415,660 Executive Director $136,639 $132,177 2023
Navi Journey Corp NJ$389,669 Author $125,000 $119,474 2023
Bihl Haus Arts Inc TX$388,480 Executive Dir. $91,088 $97,541 2023
Hispanic League NC$385,109 Executive Director Through September 2024 $55,531 $59,662 2024
Knowyourroots CA$383,619 President $27,000 $24,242 2024
Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center OH$383,283 Ceo $20,566 $23,318 2023
Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc NY$379,572 Executive Director $28,064 $27,148 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ cost of living and 2024 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Carmen Guerrero) 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 171 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,292 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.