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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Peoples Place Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 933978870
CT · NTEE S31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Roslyn Sotero, Executive Director / CEO ($50,769) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,248 total compensation of comparable organizations → $256,020 $50,769
$12,70510th
$46,67725th
$82,504Median
$114,28975th
$155,90490th
$50,769This org · 27th
p10$12,705
p25$46,677
p50$82,504
p75$114,289
p90$155,904
$50,769

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 CT 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
Waipahu Community Association HI$411,945 Executive Dir. $50,000 $47,744 2024
Yonkers South Broadway District Management Association Inc NY$411,834 Executive Director $81,304 $80,671 2023
Rolland Curtis Commercial Qalicb Inc CA$413,513 President $29,689 $27,342 2024
Tacony Community Development Corpor PA$414,614 Interim Executive Director $55,846 $59,397 2024
Burlington Community Development Corp VT$415,198 President $19,449 $21,495 2023
West Broadway Business And Area Coalition MN$406,331 Executive Director $93,521 $98,558 2024
Chico Economic Planning Corporation CA$417,941 Executive Director $104,004 $98,613 2023
Craft3 Future Fund OR$405,349 President $31,950 $32,580 2023
Menomonee Valley Partners Inc WI$420,413 Executive Director $105,614 $121,114 2023
Downtown Pkb Inc WV$423,548 Executive Di $66,121 $76,356 2024
Fly Sun Valley Alliance Inc ID$427,621 Executive Di $135,752 $154,021 2024
Anaconda Local Development Corporation MT$391,121 Former Executive Director $82,500 $94,848 2024
Carrollton Area Convention And GA$389,873 Executive Di $18,162 $19,477 2024
Conyers Rockdale Economic Deve GA$436,100 Exec Director $125,750 $138,836 2023
Spoon River Partnership For Economic Development IL$387,684 Executive Director $60,408 $61,707 2025
Building Community Value MI$386,387 Director $100,000 $110,085 2024
Pemiscot County Initiative Network MO$441,365 Director $52,977 $58,301 2025
Black Dollar Days Task Force WA$380,149 Executive Dir. $36,400 $34,758 2024
Vibe District Virginia Beach VA$446,533 Executive Director $91,406 $94,129 2024
Certified Development Corporation SC$447,388 Director $1,875 $2,086 2024
Pyramid Community Development Corporatio OH$448,140 Executive Direcotr $38,514 $43,507 2024
Michigan Faith In Action MI$448,959 Executive Di $61,700 $67,922 2024
Boston Farms Community Land Trust Inc MA$374,952 Clerk $89,071 $91,491 2022
University District Development Associat WA$449,817 Ceo - Officer $139,201 $132,920 2024
Central Region Innovation And KY$450,611 Executive Director $48,082 $56,722 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Amanda Roslyn Sotero) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,769 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.