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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Century Chinese Language School Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043331484
MA · NTEE A230
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yu Bai, Executive Director / CEO ($5,198) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$674 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,708 $5,198
$5,41210th
$12,24325th
$37,028Median
$67,81575th
$86,60290th
$5,198This org · 9th
p10$5,412
p25$12,243
p50$37,028
p75$67,815
p90$86,602
$5,198

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
United Abolitionists FL$183,687 President $37,491 $40,231 2024
Ceny Centro Educativo Inc NY$184,251 Secretary $12,000 $12,387 2024
Irish Outreach San Diego Inc CA$182,111 Executive Director $60,000 $59,181 2024
Razorcake Gorsky Press Inc CA$184,734 Exec Directo $12,028 $12,214 2023
Young Indian Culture Group Inc NY$181,746 President $21,750 $22,449 2024
Torrance Chinese School CA$186,971 President $15,404 $14,802 2025
Minnesota International Chines MN$179,407 Principal $11,720 $12,887 2025
Six Nations Iroquois Cultural NY$187,701 Treasurer $13,800 $14,665 2023
City Of Erie Cable Tv Access Corp PA$188,446 Executive Dir. $36,108 $41,130 2024
Every Black Life Matters Inc TX$190,457 Director $57,200 $65,357 2024
Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging HI$174,552 Executive Di $70,000 $71,587 2024
Al-nahda Centernfp IL$174,180 Director $16,644 $19,243 2023
Irish Fest Of The Fox Cities Inc WI$196,596 Director $10,000 $11,930 2024
Alliance Francaise & Language Ctr RI$199,404 Former Direc $11,600 $12,378 2025
Southwest Seminars Inc NM$202,430 President $31,409 $39,728 2023
Arte Noir WA$202,525 Executive Dir. $25,079 $25,648 2024
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential DC$202,746 Chief Operating Officer $77,826 $78,010 2024
Brethren & Mennonite Heritage VA$162,847 Executive Di $65,992 $74,933 2023
Minnesota African American Hertiage MN$203,977 Treasurer $48,057 $54,242 2024
Pcs Educational Foundation Inc PA$204,162 Principal $4,696 $5,349 2024
Grit And Grace Girls Inc TX$206,065 Director $31,500 $37,055 2023
Juneteenth Ri RI$206,595 Board President $4,500 $4,929 2024
German American Cultural Society RI$206,873 Treasurer $4,761 $5,215 2024
Tubatulabals Of Kern Valley CA$155,709 Chairman $4,840 $4,774 2024
Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc MA$210,887 President $37,000 $37,000 2025

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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Yu Bai) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,198 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.