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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chinese American Educational

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133392313
NY · NTEE Q220
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Teresa O'connor, Executive Director / CEO ($15,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 370 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Dr Teresa O'connor — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

370 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 370 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $270,715 $15,000
$8,34110th
$22,19225th
$43,796Median
$71,91275th
$101,43190th
$15,000This org · 18th
p10$8,341
p25$22,192
p50$43,796
p75$71,912
p90$101,431
$15,000

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 NY 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
Children At Heart Adoption Svcs Inc NC$187,892 President $50,400 $55,977 2024
Friends Of The Third World Inc IN$187,426 President/administrative Coordinator $3,200 $3,627 2024
Junior Achievement Of Mad River Region Ohio OH$187,188 President $36,797 $43,130 2023
Americans For A Safe Israel Inc NY$189,141 Director $95,680 $92,935 2024
Haiti H2o PA$189,785 Executive Director $25,000 $26,798 2024
Women To The World Inc GA$186,095 President $22,800 $25,370 2023
Canopy International Inc TX$186,073 President And Director $121,764 $130,926 2024
Lumeya International Ministries Inc CA$185,831 President $22,168 $21,184 2023
Womens And Children's Advocacy Cent OR$185,789 Executive Di $52,699 $51,249 2025
Compassion Connection CA$185,155 Ceo/president $79,500 $73,790 2024
Romanian Children's Relief Inc FL$191,256 Executive Director $24,800 $25,042 2024
Ten Thousand Villages-richmond Va Inc VA$191,403 Exec Dir Store Mgr $53,000 $55,006 2024
Breaking The Chain NJ$184,311 President & Ceo $29,621 $29,267 2023
Intelligence And National Security VA$184,109 President $45,841 $47,577 2024
Key Of Hope MI$192,227 President $4,000 $4,438 2024
Engineers Without Borders- International CO$192,242 Executive Director $60,000 $63,669 2023
Every Tribe International CO$192,674 Executive Director $70,000 $72,149 2024
To Cry For Grace Inc TN$193,465 President $4,800 $5,584 2023
All Seasons Community Services MN$182,386 Ceo $24,124 $26,379 2023
Carey Institute For Global Good Inc NY$193,593 President $11,567 $11,567 2023
Love Never Fails International Inc NJ$181,672 Founder & Executive Director $44,615 $44,082 2023
Haiti Medical Mission Of Wisconsin Inc WI$194,257 Executive Director $49,453 $57,155 2023
Winnipeg Foundation Usa $194,628 President $235,399 $228,645 2024
Aidak MD$181,092 Board Member $2,678 $2,691 2024
Rural Gospel & Medical Missions Of KS$195,082 President $54,800 $63,637 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Dr Teresa O'connor) 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 370 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,000 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.