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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women Of Color Roar Media

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862438328
CA · NTEE W70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela De Joseph, Executive Director / CEO ($65,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela De Joseph — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,452 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,396 $65,000
$12,73510th
$29,43825th
$93,978Median
$116,97775th
$132,23290th
$65,000This org · 36th
p10$12,735
p25$29,438
p50$93,978
p75$116,977
p90$132,232
$65,000

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
Leadership Training International VA$247,977 President/ce $81,292 $90,899 2024
Leadership Ashtabula County Inc OH$252,148 Executive Director $63,059 $79,632 2023
Black Leadership & Legacies Inc IN$256,064 President $61,500 $75,107 2024
Purposequest International Inc PA$242,579 President/chairman $10,428 $12,399 2023
The Jackson Institute Inc GA$256,657 Chairman $142,041 $165,396 2024
Ventura County Leadership Academy CA$258,726 Executive Director $136,277 $132,764 2025
The Serving Way PA$240,190 President $10,667 $12,683 2023
Leadership Oakland MI$260,741 Executive Director $82,000 $98,017 2024
Greater Missouri Leadership MO$235,713 Executive Di $95,000 $119,967 2023
Leading For Change Inc AZ$231,487 President & Ceo $109,740 $122,223 2024
Board Development Systems Inc TX$267,973 President/ce $87,729 $101,628 2024
Lideramos CO$227,132 Executive Dir. $102,451 $113,767 2024
Rise Up Woman International IN$226,790 President $10,500 $13,202 2023
Hope Anchor & Crew Inc IN$226,571 President $38,077 $47,876 2023
Leadership Lorain County Inc OH$224,812 President & Ceo $75,800 $92,975 2024
Move For America MN$220,083 Executive Director $7,500 $8,836 2023
The Michiana Leadership Center Inc IN$281,067 Executive Director $75,542 $94,981 2023
Mclaran Leadership Foundation OR$217,633 Executive Director $15,154 $16,297 2024
Georgia Athletic Directors Association GA$214,748 Executive Director $6,000 $6,987 2024
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation WA$286,334 Secretary $1,400 $1,452 2024
Catawba Valley Leadership Foundation Inc NC$212,187 Foundation Director $42,375 $50,706 2024
Center For Democracy And Development In The Americas Inc DC$289,679 President (Ceo) $54,167 $56,673 2023
Shannon Leadership Institute MN$208,093 Executive Director (Through July 2024) $12,500 $14,304 2024
Bold Leadership Network SC$206,208 Secretary $18,540 $23,061 2023
Severn Leadership Group Inc MD$294,110 President $116,192 $125,800 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 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 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Angela De Joseph) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.