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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trabajadores Unidos De Washington Dc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900951206
DC · NTEE J01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mario Cristaldo, Executive Director / CEO ($72,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 430 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

430 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 430 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $635,832 $72,800
$5,59510th
$22,31825th
$66,048Median
$97,13575th
$132,95990th
$72,800This org · 55th
p10$5,595
p25$22,318
p50$66,048
p75$97,135
p90$132,959
$72,800

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 DC 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
Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Association WI$335,311 President $2,500 $3,063 2023
Training Grounds Inc DC$335,337 Executive Dir. $95,306 $98,121 2023
Open Employment CA$335,183 President $60,000 $59,041 2024
Nurse Alliance Of Seiu California CA$335,501 Executive Dir. $326,623 $321,402 2024
Tucson Police Officers Association AZ$335,622 President $3,750 $4,231 2023
Second Chance Center Of Hope OH$335,700 Director $43,900 $52,986 2024
Neank RI$334,575 President $2,182 $2,323 2025
Portland Jobs With Justice Education OR$334,072 Executive Director $66,669 $72,637 2023
International Association Of Fire AZ$333,991 President $12,000 $13,151 2024
Southern California Association Of CA$337,118 Cfo $81,692 $80,386 2024
Laborers Agc Apprenticeship Training & WA$337,413 Training Director $77,707 $79,281 2024
Black Cooperative Impact Fund CA$332,956 President $60,000 $60,785 2023
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters & TN$337,605 President $440 $514 2025
American Postal Workers Union 2577 NY$337,706 President $56,967 $58,661 2024
Midlands Mechanical Apprentice Coal SC$332,386 President $14,400 $17,119 2024
Kenosha Education Association WI$332,371 Executive Director $146,889 $179,979 2023
Working Family Solidarity IL$332,018 Executive Director $59,167 $66,286 2024
Union Independiente De Empleados Telefonicos De P R Inc PR$338,842 Metro Rep $20,877 $20,877 2024
Timberline Adult Day Services CO$339,071 Executive Director $86,656 $94,689 2024
Long Island Jobs With Justice Inc NY$339,645 Director $76,147 $78,412 2024
Western Pennsylvania Apprenticeship PA$340,147 Director $73,232 $83,222 2024
International Association Of WA$330,334 President $24,391 $24,885 2024
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc IL$340,495 President $91,987 $106,099 2023
Retail Wholesale Dc Ufcw MI$340,811 President (P $70,293 $85,122 2023
Suffolk County Probation Officers Association Inc NY$329,489 President $6,600 $6,796 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Mario Cristaldo) 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 430 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,800 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.