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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

East-west Cultural And Educationalcenter Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260773199
MD · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alla Fridman, Executive Director / CEO ($23,560) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$14,073 total compensation of comparable organizations → $101,322 $23,560
$18,40510th
$54,40525th
$74,791Median
$89,12375th
$99,33090th
$23,560This org · 16th
p10$18,405
p25$54,405
p50$74,791
p75$89,123
p90$99,330
$23,560

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 MD 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
Brausa United Futebol Club Inc MD$335,435 President $77,000 $74,791 2024
Little Friends For Peace Inc MD$339,254 Co Director $80,800 $78,482 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The MD$326,665 Executive Di $76,678 $74,478 2024
Total Foundation Inc MD$323,666 President & Ceo $85,500 $85,500 2023
Gaithersburg Beloved Community Init MD$359,397 Executive Director $100,000 $94,627 2025
Mentoring Male Teens In The Hood Inc MD$301,643 President $69,340 $67,351 2024
Girls On The Run Of Mid And Western Mary MD$292,640 Executive Dir. $44,675 $42,275 2025
Empowering The Ages Inc MD$289,362 Executive Director $95,484 $92,745 2024
Youth Activism Project MD$285,671 Chief Executive Officer $102,246 $99,313 2024
Pass It On Inc MD$402,529 Executive Director $19,000 $19,000 2023
Team Takeover Inc MD$257,750 President $14,073 $14,073 2023
Develop More Foundation Inc MD$427,790 Executive Director $88,000 $85,475 2024
The Advance Project MD$244,362 President $102,336 $99,400 2024
Imagine Me Ministries Inc MD$243,844 Executive Director $104,315 $101,322 2024
Planet Hope Land And Sea MD$238,166 Executive Director $68,500 $66,535 2024
The Deerwood Foundation Inc MD$233,093 Executive Di $16,500 $16,027 2024
Impactdmv Inc MD$227,856 Executive Director $24,960 $24,244 2024
Artpreneurs Inc MD$469,928 Executive Director $72,800 $70,711 2024
House With A Heart - Pet Sanctuary Inc MD$483,753 President $82,250 $79,890 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Alla Fridman) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50) + MD + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,560 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.