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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Afe Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264207421
CA · NTEE G80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Miranda Klassen, Executive Director / CEO ($91,192) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Miranda Klassen — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19,889 total compensation of comparable organizations → $320,800 $91,192
$24,90110th
$45,95325th
$83,985Median
$112,28675th
$180,75890th
$91,192This org · 50th
p10$24,901
p25$45,953
p50$83,985
p75$112,286
p90$180,758
$91,192

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 CA 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
Allo Hope Foundation AL$396,174 Executive Di $77,220 $96,611 2024
Houses With Hope Inc NM$358,792 President $35,346 $44,026 2024
Mitoaction Inc MI$416,574 Ceo $111,765 $133,596 2024
Asociacion Puertorriquena De Hemofilia Inc PR$335,221 Executive Director $38,143 $38,143 2024
Prevention Access Campaign Inc NY$320,548 Board Member $20,385 $21,962 2023
Hypoparathyroidism Association Inc TX$458,001 Executive Director $98,019 $113,549 2024
Sisters' Hope Foundation PA$300,085 President $66,412 $76,697 2024
Hemophilia And Bleeding Disorders Of Alabama Inc AL$297,938 Executive Director $84,231 $108,495 2023
The Blosser Center For Dyslexia Resources OR$466,169 Former Executive Director $24,325 $26,160 2024
The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation Incorporated MD$481,769 Executive Director $18,370 $19,889 2024
Wylder Nation Foundation AZ$277,661 President/treasurer $79,600 $91,273 2023
Gorlin Syndrome Alliance TX$489,524 Executive Director $92,129 $106,726 2024
Biomedical Research Institute Of NJ$267,661 Key Employee $50,035 $51,735 2024
Montana Empowerment Center Inc MT$260,607 Executive Director $52,582 $67,579 2023
African Leaders Malaria Alliance Inc NY$510,310 Executive Secretary $277,888 $290,801 2024
Project Lyme NY$546,084 Executive Director $120,000 $125,576 2024
Fasd Collaborative Project MI$550,366 Executive Director $268,378 $320,800 2024
Fundacion Pediatrica De Diabetes Inc PR$559,976 Executive Director $68,250 $70,266 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Miranda Klassen) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,192 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.