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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance For A Better Iowa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872849854
IA · NTEE R40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamie Burch Elliot, Executive Director / CEO ($69,486) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jamie Burch Elliot — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,858 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,244 $69,486
$11,76110th
$30,06225th
$71,203Median
$91,35875th
$99,69990th
$69,486This org · 48th
p10$11,761
p25$30,062
p50$71,203
p75$91,358
p90$99,699
$69,486

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 IA 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
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $30,062 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $73,188 2024
Polichic Engagement Fund TX$305,121 Founder $36,714 $34,532 2023
Coalition Porfor Texas TX$351,902 Executive Director $100,000 $91,358 2024
Good Deed Corps CA$298,904 President $36,250 $28,588 2024
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $12,653 2024
Utah Ranked Choice Voting UT$373,563 Executive Dir. $102,810 $98,939 2023
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $108,435 2024
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Inc MA$279,590 Interim Executive Director $13,388 $10,988 2024
Este Poder TX$380,909 Executive Dir. $70,929 $64,799 2024
Adrc Action AZ$273,917 Co-executive Director, Programs $109,925 $99,403 2023
Radical Registrars TX$273,339 Executive Dir. $87,278 $79,735 2024
Salt & Light Council CA$269,154 President $24,000 $18,439 2025
New Voters Org PA$262,872 President $64,167 $58,441 2024
Progress Texas Institute TX$259,130 Executive Director $110,426 $100,883 2024
The Washington Bus WA$253,250 Executive Director $108,760 $91,557 2023
Keystone Progress Education Fund PA$253,066 Executive Di $81,923 $76,817 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Pennsylvania PA$402,869 Executive Director (Thru Sept. 2023) $4,236 $3,858 2024
Ruralorganizingorg OH$243,351 Executive Director $52,500 $52,285 2023
League Of Women Voters Lotte E MA$238,887 Executive Director $91,584 $77,383 2023
Directorio Legislativo For The Americas FL$418,316 President $140,656 $124,244 2023
The Hometown Outreach Fund Inc NY$430,400 Founder $14,485 $11,954 2024
League Of Women Voters Of Massachusetts MA$222,227 Executive Director $91,584 $77,383 2023
Florida Citizens Alliance Inc FL$453,419 Executive Di $50,000 $42,899 2024
League Of Women Voters Of California Education Fund CA$454,774 Executive Director $120,468 $95,005 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Jamie Burch Elliot) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,486 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.