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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alianza Raices Vivas

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863384522
TX · NTEE K05
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Casillas, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 353 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

353 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 353 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,508 $95,000
$10,69910th
$27,10025th
$44,976Median
$63,08275th
$83,39790th
$95,000This org · 93rd
p10$10,699
p25$27,100
p50$44,976
p75$63,082
p90$83,397
$95,000

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 TX 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
Mukwonago Food Pantry WI$251,074 Exec. Director $58,667 $61,251 2023
Vermont Farm Bureau Inc VT$251,280 Executive Director $28,845 $28,191 2024
E & L Development Foundation Inc MS$250,687 Program Dire $49,500 $53,532 2024
Montana Farm Bureau Foundation MT$251,624 Executive Vice President $33,956 $35,542 2024
Pampa Meals On Wheels Inc TX$250,156 Executive Di $30,225 $30,225 2023
Sunrise Christian Food Ministry CA$249,710 Board Member $34,300 $28,759 2024
Chefs For Impact Inc NY$249,700 Managing Director $65,993 $59,614 2023
Africulture VA$249,576 Executive Director $13,575 $12,728 2024
Mustard Seed - A Community Cafe TX$252,621 Executive Director $48,000 $46,623 2024
American Iris Society CA$249,334 Registrar $14,400 $12,074 2024
Colorado Farm To Table Inc CO$248,995 Executive Dir. $39,350 $36,638 2024
Soil2service Inc MI$254,394 Executive Director $1,000 $1,002 2024
Centerburg Senior Services Inc OH$246,902 Executive Di $39,648 $40,776 2024
4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry TX$255,392 Executive Dir. $7,500 $7,285 2024
Osamequin Farm Inc MA$255,720 Foundation Mgr. $62,746 $54,750 2024
Caldwell County Christian Foundation TX$246,282 Exec. Irecttor $60,288 $58,558 2024
Logan County Farm Bureau IL$246,042 Manager $75,892 $72,448 2024
Artisan Cheese Festival CA$245,957 Executive Director $42,000 $35,216 2024
Provo Farmers Market UT$256,114 Executive Dir. $33,500 $33,293 2024
Gleaners Dispatch Inc FL$245,912 President $24,700 $23,197 2023
Giving Gardens Of Indiana Inc IN$245,726 Executive Di $31,800 $32,563 2024
Petare-latam Foundation Inc FL$245,674 Treasurer $32,350 $29,509 2024
Malibu Agricultural Project's Cornucopia Farms CA$245,656 President $69,785 $58,513 2024
Mechanicsburg Area Meals On Wheels PA$256,422 Executive Di $31,555 $30,556 2024
Now Serving Inc NC$256,898 Executive Director $80,859 $83,523 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (David Casillas) 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 353 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.