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Compensation Comparability Determination

Pelican Educational Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203801713
LA · NTEE B200
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hasan Suzuk, Executive Director / CEO ($102,237) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 247 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Hasan Suzuk — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

247 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 247 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$698 total compensation of comparable organizations → $406,143 $102,237
$72,34310th
$106,37925th
$140,621Median
$182,44975th
$241,23890th
$102,237This org · 23rd
p10$72,343
p25$106,379
p50$140,621
p75$182,449
p90$241,238
$102,237

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 LA 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
Alabama Alliance For Christian AL$8,116,499 Head Of Scho $146,732 $139,830 2024
Archway Classical Academy Lincoln AZ$8,127,359 Headmaster $2,081 $1,818 2023
Cary Christian School Incorporated NC$8,109,490 Headmaster $170,288 $159,792 2023
Portland Christian School KY$8,100,272 Executive Di $73,664 $69,812 2024
St John's Community Services DC$8,092,768 President & Ceo $494,238 $382,573 2024
🔒 242 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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:

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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.