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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Peace And Justice Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030281472
VT · NTEE Q40Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aisha Navarette, Executive Director / CEO ($3,540) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Aisha Navarette — reported title “Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16,920 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,522 $3,540
$30,71010th
$48,56925th
$61,199Median
$94,57475th
$110,15090th
$3,540This org · 0th
p10$30,710
p25$48,569
p50$61,199
p75$94,574
p90$110,150
$3,540

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 VT 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
Women In International Security DC$476,256 Executive Director $136,500 $122,522 2023
The Graceful Warrior Project CA$441,691 Director $42,200 $36,204 2024
Kids For Peace CA$488,348 Executive Dir. $78,652 $65,737 2025
Imagine Center For Conflict Transformation CA$430,674 President $60,854 $52,207 2024
Inkstick Media Inc MD$415,889 President $67,000 $64,071 2023
Hanns Seidel Foundation Usa Inc DC$523,224 Program Manager $77,417 $69,489 2023
Pilgrims Of Ibillin NC$545,510 Executive Director $42,016 $43,132 2024
Peace Education Program Inc KY$546,461 Executive Director $85,000 $90,729 2024
Hong Kong Democracy Council Usa DC$358,064 Executive Director $66,900 $58,326 2024
Witness For Peace MN$357,179 Secretary $16,741 $16,920 2023
Quixote Center Incorporated MD$574,103 Executive Director $117,439 $106,271 2025
The Albert Einstein Institution Inc MA$348,522 Executive Director/secreta $104,285 $95,855 2023
World Beyond War VA$586,603 Executive Director $60,000 $57,557 2024
Jane Addams Peace Association Inc NY$336,205 Executive Director $120,323 $108,022 2024
Baptist Peace Fellowship Of North NC$335,323 Executive Dir. $44,807 $47,356 2023
International Society For TX$655,753 President $18,000 $17,889 2024
Center For Civil Society And Democracy In Syria DC$656,886 Director $62,745 $56,319 2023
Moonshotplatforminc VA$686,713 Ceo & Secretary $120,000 $115,114 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Aisha Navarette) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,540 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.