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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

European Union Studies Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133619111
PA · NTEE Q035
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph Figliulo, Executive Director / CEO ($39,887) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 230 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joseph Figliulo — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

230 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 230 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,304 $39,887
$6,53310th
$15,43225th
$36,122Median
$63,84075th
$93,82990th
$39,887This org · 55th
p10$6,533
p25$15,432
p50$36,122
p75$63,840
p90$93,829
$39,887

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 PA 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
Global Seed Savers CO$149,336 Executive Dir. $56,000 $53,846 2023
Madison International Partners Inc WI$149,341 Executive Di $71,000 $72,222 2024
Forming Sustainable Development Foundations Inc $146,122 Board Chair $12,000 $11,656 2024
Fs Home Owners Foundation Inc CT$149,575 Secretarytreasurer $431 $394 2024
Horeb Ministries VA$150,363 Treasurer $25,350 $23,841 2024
American Security Council FL$145,098 Executive Di $71,654 $65,563 2024
The Westminster Institute VA$145,000 Director $43,750 $41,145 2024
Ten Thousand Villages Of Central Pennsylvania Inc PA$144,642 Executive Director $44,448 $43,173 2024
Codespa America DC$144,538 Executive Director $128,057 $109,453 2024
Focus Builders International TX$143,877 President $27,000 $25,628 2025
Missioneer International Inc GA$151,701 Executive Director & Trust $16,000 $15,670 2024
Hearing Heart Missions MN$152,015 President $12,579 $12,106 2024
Elijah Cummings Youth Program MD$143,045 Executive Director $97,402 $91,314 2023
Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation Inc NY$142,751 President $20,351 $17,450 2025
Puentes De Esperanza IN$154,306 President $50,000 $52,874 2023
World Dental Relief Inc OK$140,901 President $84,400 $90,520 2024
United Justice CA$154,696 President $66,962 $57,982 2023
Missoula Medical Aid MT$154,927 Executive Director $9,300 $9,764 2024
His Heart For Africa Inc TN$155,057 President $4,900 $5,165 2023
Christalis Inc MD$140,420 President/ceo (Founder) $42,500 $39,844 2023
His Hands Mission International AL$155,305 Executive Di $127,620 $134,289 2024
Nanubhai Education Foundation Inc GA$140,204 Executive Director $8,400 $8,226 2024
Open Arms Foundation Inc WV$139,946 Board Chair $50,350 $53,098 2024
Desert Angels Inc AZ$139,479 Ceo $96,313 $92,883 2023
Economic Development And Empowerment Through Mentoring MA$139,080 Excecutive Director $11,450 $10,022 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Joseph Figliulo) 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 230 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,887 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.