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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Policy Center For I

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922247132
CA · NTEE R23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of T Anderson, Executive Director / CEO ($129,882) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 420 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: T Anderson — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

420 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 420 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$653 total compensation of comparable organizations → $308,085 $129,882
$25,01910th
$57,90425th
$87,096Median
$121,92075th
$165,64790th
$129,882This org · 79th
p10$25,019
p25$57,904
p50$87,096
p75$121,920
p90$165,647
$129,882

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
Lgbt Center Intercultural Collective Inc NY$467,535 Executive Director & Board Vice President $72,516 $75,886 2024
Mississippi Immigrant Rights Allian MS$466,875 Excutive Director $50,000 $66,395 2023
Hispanic Contractors Association Of The Carolinas NC$466,738 Executive Director $137,297 $169,142 2023
Pregnancy Resource Center Inc FL$468,137 Executive Director $50,000 $54,396 2024
American Firearms Coalition OH$468,236 Secretary $38,000 $47,986 2023
National Center For Justice And Liberty IL$466,432 President $118,059 $134,413 2024
Second Judicial District Casa Program Inc ID$466,180 Executive Director $118,478 $142,196 2025
Conservation Voters For Idaho Education ID$469,072 Executive Director $9,086 $11,524 2023
American Values Coalition TX$469,525 Executive Dir. $100,000 $115,844 2024
The Leverage Network Inc IL$465,065 Ceo & President $118,558 $134,981 2024
Cause Of Action Institute VA$470,002 Director $12,630 $14,123 2024
We Must Vote Inc MS$464,500 Director $70,000 $90,286 2024
Trails And Open Space Coalition CO$464,370 Executive Dir. $76,296 $84,723 2024
Eternal Vigilance Action Inc GA$472,017 Ceo Director Key Employee $121,200 $145,297 2023
Out Montclair Inc NJ$459,855 Executive Dir. $85,125 $88,017 2024
Immigration Accountability Project MS$475,384 President $31,936 $41,191 2024
American Values Action VA$475,903 President $81,000 $90,572 2024
Capital District Gay And Lesbian NY$457,881 Executive Di $79,611 $83,310 2024
Garland County Casa Program AR$457,086 Executive Director $60,583 $76,830 2025
Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund NC$456,822 Executive Director $60,883 $72,853 2024
Native Peoples Action Inc AK$456,507 Executive Dir. $24,440 $27,859 2023
National Mobilization Against NY$456,309 Executive Director $45,336 $48,844 2023
Death Penalty Action NY$478,459 Executive Director $87,800 $91,880 2024
Federated Guardians Company PA$478,548 Secretary $37,952 $43,830 2024
Apic Spokane WA$479,376 Executive Director $63,051 $65,373 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (T Anderson) 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 420 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $129,882 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.