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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Coast Community College District Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 956095802
CA · NTEE B41
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erik Fallis, Executive Director / CEO ($51,983) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1279 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,279 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,279 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $496,366 $51,983
$8,17810th
$21,28325th
$43,078Median
$68,00675th
$98,38590th
$51,983This org · 61st
p10$8,178
p25$21,283
p50$43,078
p75$68,006
p90$98,385
$51,983

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
Shippensburg Area School District PA$156,958 Executive Di $55,385 $63,963 2023
Creating Positive Relationships Inc IN$157,232 Executive Director $52,428 $60,588 2025
Beyond Limits Therapeutic Riding Inc GA$156,947 Executive Director $25,000 $28,276 2024
Northwest Ohio Educational OH$156,939 Executive Director $39,000 $45,267 2025
Brown Public Library VT$157,280 Library Director $59,105 $66,918 2024
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $88,895 2023
Native Health In Native Hands CA$157,393 President $31,800 $31,800 2023
Ucef Fund Inc NY$157,427 Executive Director $6,500 $6,607 2024
The Vta Memorial Foundation AZ$157,458 Officer $6,000 $6,682 2023
Microfinance Opportunities MA$156,708 Executive Director $1,000 $1,041 2023
Opportunity Rising Foundation TX$156,694 President $13,191 $14,843 2024
Acec California CA$156,675 Executive Dir. $62,876 $61,072 2024
German Laguage School Of Naper IL$156,641 Chair Of The B $26,920 $29,770 2024
Ufcw Inland Empire Charity Foundation CA$157,556 President $15,895 $15,439 2024
Our Dyslexic Children Inc OH$156,599 President $10,000 $12,266 2023
Dallas Cooperative Preschool TX$156,560 President $14,942 $16,812 2024
Iowa Civil Justice Foundation IA$157,676 Executive Director $122,488 $150,861 2024
Way Coffee Co MI$157,749 Executive Di $28,221 $31,921 2025
School Mindfulness Project PA$156,248 Founder/ceo $54,545 $62,992 2023
Foundation For Culinary Arts IL$158,050 Executive Director $164,667 $182,099 2024
California Farm Bureau Scholarship CA$158,082 Former Secretary & Treasurer $47,198 $45,844 2024
Academic Coaching Services Acs Foundation NV$156,000 Executive Director $79,500 $89,638 2024
Satvatove Institute Inc FL$158,205 Executive Di $83,160 $90,472 2023
Creative Adventuresinc MD$158,252 Creative Director $70,000 $73,614 2024
Icpi Foundation For Education And VA$155,870 President & Ceo $19,964 $22,323 2023

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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Erik Fallis) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 1279 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,983 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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 13, 2026.