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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Support Services Organization

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954731664
CA · NTEE B02
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Martin Bautista, Executive Director / CEO ($77,075) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$588 total compensation of comparable organizations → $462,663 $77,075
$12,93010th
$54,72725th
$90,992Median
$154,46875th
$201,80690th
$77,075This org · 43rd
p10$12,930
p25$54,727
p50$90,992
p75$154,468
p90$201,806
$77,075

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
Choice Charter School Services Inc FL$448,050 Director $117,500 $124,164 2024
Arts & Sciences Center Inc HI$450,293 President $13,425 $13,919 2023
Edwell Inc TX$443,748 Executive Dir. $128,333 $144,400 2024
Christian School Management Association OH$453,320 Executive Director $128,498 $157,613 2023
Electrify Dc DC$456,187 President/ex $54,375 $53,673 2024
Register Of Professional IN$471,174 Executive Di $136,500 $161,919 2024
Drma Foundation OH$477,170 Secretary/treas $1,074 $1,279 2024
Center For Science Technology And Leadership Development Inc NC$477,267 Executive Director $79,500 $92,400 2024
South Carolina District Data Governance SC$405,000 Executive Director $20,000 $23,470 2024
Uaeyc UT$400,554 Executive Di $47,472 $56,267 2023
Fueled Schools Inc TX$498,686 Director Ceo And Founder $123,426 $138,879 2024
Muflehun DC$502,870 Executive Director And Member, Board Of Directors $64,348 $63,517 2024
Vermont Learning Collaborative Inc VT$384,730 Executive Dir. $65,983 $72,780 2025
Charter System Foundation Inc GA$512,407 Executive Dir. $178,060 $207,338 2023
Seeds & Water Foundation Inc FL$377,711 President & Treasurer $13,112 $13,856 2024
Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative Inc MA$376,148 President $23,925 $24,184 2024
Public Montessori In Action International MA$519,929 Executive Director $92,400 $90,992 2025
Military Cyber Professionals Assn Inc VA$371,615 Chief Operating Officer $175,002 $190,068 2024
Zworks IN$368,977 Executive Director $70,000 $83,036 2024
17170 Bernardo Center Llc CA$527,110 President & Ceo $12,676 $12,312 2024
Choice Filled Lives Network Inc GA$531,233 Ceo/director $166,182 $193,507 2023
Students Prepared To Succeed MN$539,516 Executive Director $136,145 $151,322 2024
Open Syllabus Inc NY$348,291 President And Treasurer $173,819 $176,677 2024
Gradient Learning CA$342,635 Executive Director $462,663 $462,663 2023
Auburn University Real Estate AL$341,851 President $350,949 $426,479 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 2023 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Martin Bautista) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,075 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.