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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Activating Reading Communities Organization

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 934104956
TX · NTEE B92
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Claudia Vega, Executive Director / CEO ($7,812) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 749 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

749 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 749 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $441,135 $7,812
$5,41710th
$14,70525th
$32,709Median
$57,69575th
$81,64990th
$7,812This org · 14th
p10$5,417
p25$14,705
p50$32,709
p75$57,695
p90$81,649
$7,812

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
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $11,177 2023
Abbie S New School Inc PR$124,643 Executive Director $7,096 $7,306 2023
Palacios Library Incorporated TX$124,994 Head Librarian $37,086 $38,181 2023
Latino Educational Achievement NC$124,599 Executive Director $23,280 $24,758 2023
Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund MA$124,561 Director $105,146 $94,456 2024
Boston Lithuanian School MA$124,470 Principal $11,994 $10,497 2025
Taylor Belle Foundation Inc FL$124,183 Director $9,395 $8,823 2024
Arts & Design Alumni Reserch RI$124,106 Executive Director $77,250 $76,238 2023
C F Kellogg Est M M Kellogg Unitrust NY$123,733 Trustee $18,277 $16,510 2024
Common Grounds Community Development Corp FL$126,000 Treasurer $12,000 $11,602 2023
Our House Community Investment AR$126,049 Vice Chairman $11,199 $12,584 2024
International Association For Research On Service-learning And LA$126,229 Administrative Director $53,547 $60,686 2023
Mal 46 CA$123,400 President $70,000 $60,426 2024
Mid-iowa School Improvement Consortium IA$123,397 Project Support/tech Coordinator $57,200 $60,997 2025
St Louis Association Of Credit IL$126,306 President $24,402 $23,364 2025
Hope Academy For Dyslexia TX$123,120 Director $24,211 $24,211 2024
Ah Capital Campaign Inc GA$126,583 President & Ceo $42,717 $42,938 2024
First State Educate Action Fund Inc DE$123,000 Executive Director $67,207 $65,786 2024
Family Learning Institute MI$126,662 Executive Di $51,830 $55,060 2023
Central Washington University Alumni WA$126,733 Executive Director $31,835 $28,493 2024
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Assoc CO$122,850 Director $61,215 $58,679 2024
The Colgate University NY$122,839 Executive Secretary $21,629 $20,116 2023
Meira Academy CA$126,795 Director $4,400 $3,798 2024
San Diego Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy CA$122,800 Head Coach $25,400 $23,499 2022
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $10,866 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Claudia Vega) 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 749 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,812 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.