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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043049162
MA · NTEE A230
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Burne Stanley-peters, Executive Director / CEO ($37,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 120 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Burne Stanley-peters — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

120 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 120 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,669 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,708 $37,000
$5,88110th
$14,11225th
$40,681Median
$71,77475th
$92,01490th
$37,000This org · 42nd
p10$5,881
p25$14,112
p50$40,681
p75$71,774
p90$92,014
$37,000

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
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $34,860 2023
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $83,495 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $29,694 2025
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $46,852 2024
German American Cultural Society RI$206,873 Treasurer $4,761 $5,215 2024
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc NJ$215,092 Managing Direct $60,000 $61,192 2024
Juneteenth Ri RI$206,595 Board President $4,500 $4,929 2024
Russian Educational Center OH$215,205 Member, Board Of Directors $27,000 $33,630 2023
Grit And Grace Girls Inc TX$206,065 Director $31,500 $37,055 2023
Sicc Inc NY$216,722 Executive Director $43,500 $44,900 2024
Three Aksha PA$217,443 Artistic Director $60,000 $68,347 2024
Pcs Educational Foundation Inc PA$204,162 Principal $4,696 $5,349 2024
Minnesota African American Hertiage MN$203,977 Treasurer $48,057 $54,242 2024
The Avenue Blackbox Inc NY$218,958 Ceo $64,267 $68,295 2023
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential DC$202,746 Chief Operating Officer $77,826 $78,010 2024
Arte Noir WA$202,525 Executive Dir. $25,079 $25,648 2024
Aloha Kuamo'o' Aina HI$219,335 Admin Assistant $37,958 $39,965 2023
Southwest Seminars Inc NM$202,430 President $31,409 $39,728 2023
Chinese Center On Long Island Inc NY$219,451 Director $6,532 $6,742 2024
Seattle Out And Proud Inc WA$219,787 Executive Director $145,525 $148,825 2024
Hispanic Women Of Springfield IL$219,920 Vice-president $33,930 $38,103 2024
Creative China Center Inc NY$220,119 President $12,000 $12,387 2024
Kooyrigs Inc MI$220,726 Executive Director $22,540 $27,360 2023
Contra Costa Chinese School CA$221,311 President $25,000 $24,658 2024
United Chinese Learning Center CA$221,680 Principal $51,480 $50,777 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2025 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Burne Stanley-peters) 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 120 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,000 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.