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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Coalition Porfor Texas

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871878571
TX · NTEE R40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cat Parks, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,223 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,996 $100,000
$12,34410th
$31,69625th
$73,494Median
$103,04975th
$117,36990th
$100,000This org · 68th
p10$12,344
p25$31,696
p50$73,494
p75$103,049
p90$117,369
$100,000

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
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $80,111 2024
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $32,906 2023
Utah Ranked Choice Voting UT$373,563 Executive Dir. $102,810 $108,298 2023
Alliance For A Better Iowa IA$327,518 Executive Director $69,486 $76,059 2024
Este Poder TX$380,909 Executive Dir. $70,929 $70,929 2024
Polichic Engagement Fund TX$305,121 Founder $36,714 $37,798 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Pennsylvania PA$402,869 Executive Director (Thru Sept. 2023) $4,236 $4,223 2024
Good Deed Corps CA$298,904 President $36,250 $31,292 2024
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $13,850 2024
Directorio Legislativo For The Americas FL$418,316 President $140,656 $135,996 2023
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $118,693 2024
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Inc MA$279,590 Interim Executive Director $13,388 $12,027 2024
Adrc Action AZ$273,917 Co-executive Director, Programs $109,925 $108,806 2023
The Hometown Outreach Fund Inc NY$430,400 Founder $14,485 $13,085 2024
Radical Registrars TX$273,339 Executive Dir. $87,278 $87,278 2024
Salt & Light Council CA$269,154 President $24,000 $20,183 2025
New Voters Org PA$262,872 President $64,167 $63,970 2024
Progress Texas Institute TX$259,130 Executive Director $110,426 $110,426 2024
The Washington Bus WA$253,250 Executive Director $108,760 $100,218 2023
Keystone Progress Education Fund PA$253,066 Executive Di $81,923 $84,083 2023
Florida Citizens Alliance Inc FL$453,419 Executive Di $50,000 $46,957 2024
League Of Women Voters Of California Education Fund CA$454,774 Executive Director $120,468 $103,992 2024
Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund NC$456,822 Executive Director $60,883 $62,889 2024
Ruralorganizingorg OH$243,351 Executive Director $52,500 $57,230 2023
We Must Vote Inc MS$464,500 Director $70,000 $77,938 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Cat Parks) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.