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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

German American Cultural Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 050497177
RI · NTEE A230
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cody Reed, Executive Director / CEO ($4,761) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 117 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

117 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 117 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,524 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,851 $4,761
$5,40910th
$13,25625th
$36,660Median
$65,35975th
$84,36890th
$4,761This org · 7th
p10$5,409
p25$13,256
p50$36,660
p75$65,359
p90$84,368
$4,761

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 RI 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
Juneteenth Ri RI$206,595 Board President $4,500 $4,500 2024
Grit And Grace Girls Inc TX$206,065 Director $31,500 $33,831 2023
Pcs Educational Foundation Inc PA$204,162 Principal $4,696 $4,884 2024
Minnesota African American Hertiage MN$203,977 Treasurer $48,057 $49,522 2024
Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc MA$210,887 President $37,000 $33,781 2025
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential DC$202,746 Chief Operating Officer $77,826 $71,223 2024
Arte Noir WA$202,525 Executive Dir. $25,079 $23,416 2024
Southwest Seminars Inc NM$202,430 President $31,409 $36,272 2023
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $31,828 2023
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $76,231 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $27,110 2025
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $42,775 2024
Alliance Francaise & Language Ctr RI$199,404 Former Direc $11,600 $11,301 2025
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc NJ$215,092 Managing Direct $60,000 $55,868 2024
Russian Educational Center OH$215,205 Member, Board Of Directors $27,000 $30,705 2023
Sicc Inc NY$216,722 Executive Director $43,500 $40,993 2024
Irish Fest Of The Fox Cities Inc WI$196,596 Director $10,000 $10,892 2024
Three Aksha PA$217,443 Artistic Director $60,000 $62,400 2024
The Avenue Blackbox Inc NY$218,958 Ceo $64,267 $62,353 2023
Aloha Kuamo'o' Aina HI$219,335 Admin Assistant $37,958 $36,488 2023
Chinese Center On Long Island Inc NY$219,451 Director $6,532 $6,156 2024
Seattle Out And Proud Inc WA$219,787 Executive Director $145,525 $135,877 2024
Hispanic Women Of Springfield IL$219,920 Vice-president $33,930 $34,788 2024
Creative China Center Inc NY$220,119 President $12,000 $11,309 2024
Kooyrigs Inc MI$220,726 Executive Director $22,540 $24,980 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Cody Reed) 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 117 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,761 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.