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Compensation Comparability Determination

Palau Community Action Agency

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 980056792
PW · NTEE P28Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marcia Inacio, Executive Director / CEO ($24,143) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Marcia Inacio — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15,200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $267,680 $24,143
$65,91410th
$88,34625th
$116,299Median
$154,21975th
$187,72590th
$24,143This org · 1st
p10$65,914
p25$88,346
p50$116,299
p75$154,219
p90$187,725
$24,143

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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Avalon-carver Community Center CA$3,256,879 Executive Di $55,999 $57,653 2023
Neighborhood Centers Of IA$3,317,035 Former Direc $51,241 $52,755 2023
Hopkins House VA$3,367,877 President $245,276 $245,276 2024
Community Reach Of Montgomery County MD$3,193,958 Executive Director $106,305 $109,445 2023
Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc KY$3,172,566 Executive Director $155,428 $155,428 2024
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Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PW 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. 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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:

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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.