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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Japan Society Of Boston Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042692275
MA · NTEE Q200
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yuko Handa, Executive Director / CEO ($63,461) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,134 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,576 $63,461
$14,80710th
$25,31125th
$33,482Median
$83,27375th
$114,65190th
$63,461This org · 68th
p10$14,807
p25$25,311
p50$33,482
p75$83,273
p90$114,651
$63,461

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 MA 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
Partnership International Inc DC$167,065 Senior Engineer - Solar & Wind $33,064 $31,361 2024
Japan-america Society Of PA$174,087 Executive Director $47,736 $51,454 2024
Forming Sustainable Development Foundations Inc $146,122 Board Chair $12,000 $11,656 2024
Humanistsinternationalinc DC$135,870 Chief Executive Officer $16,442 $15,595 2024
Global Citizenship Alliance OR$202,768 President & Ceo $23,661 $24,452 2023
Metro Justice Of Rochester Inc NY$206,531 Lead Organizer $44,862 $43,818 2024
Center For Peace Through Culture Inc MA$125,224 Executive Director $128,419 $124,735 2024
The Paul Rusch Foundation Inc KY$124,661 Execuitive Director $99,112 $112,130 2025
New Story Leadership Inc MD$211,883 Executive Director $92,333 $93,306 2024
Canvas U S DC$215,050 Executive Director $28,666 $27,993 2023
Amigos De Seattle WA$218,826 Executive Director $34,599 $33,482 2024
Blossoming Rose MI$219,965 President $45,970 $51,287 2024
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $168,576 2024
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $101,637 2025
Inside The Middle East Inc MD$230,928 President $15,350 $15,970 2023
Oxford Consortium For Human Rights Inc CT$232,113 Treasurer (Former) $10,000 $10,134 2024
Damou Christian Mission Inc IN$236,641 Field Director $22,300 $26,170 2023
Santa Cruz Breakers Inc CA$238,817 Board Member $30,000 $27,279 2025
Osgood Center For International Studies DC$241,075 President $75,000 $73,240 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Yuko Handa) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,461 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.