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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Japan-american Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272361023
OH · NTEE Q20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mari Noda, Executive Director / CEO ($30,227) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$649 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,818 $30,227
$14,58310th
$26,22025th
$67,648Median
$89,95775th
$122,67790th
$30,227This org · 31st
p10$14,583
p25$26,220
p50$67,648
p75$89,957
p90$122,677
$30,227

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 OH 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
Japan America Society Of Colorado CO$326,000 Executive Director $91,264 $84,810 2024
Identity Mission NC$326,517 President $24,470 $25,227 2023
The Fountain For The Natural OR$322,044 President $700 $649 2023
Love Must Act Inc KY$335,584 President $25,500 $26,551 2024
The Tamarindo Foundation Inc IN$346,182 Executive Director $120,753 $123,410 2024
Global Philadelphia Associaton Inc PA$349,036 President $110,000 $109,449 2023
Interfaith Peace Builders DC$293,845 Managing Director (Thru 11/22) $78,218 $68,485 2023
Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council Inc FL$291,084 Executive Director $70,965 $64,609 2024
Idti Inc FL$284,476 International Consultant $127,500 $116,079 2024
Tulsa Global Alliance OK$283,856 Executive Director $36,755 $39,222 2024
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational CA$275,528 Co-executive Director $16,500 $13,808 2024
Arbol De Vida TX$376,552 President $42,000 $39,667 2025
Manhattan His Association KS$265,413 Executive Director/secretary $65,500 $66,810 2025
The Japan America Society Of Kentucky KY$391,431 Executive Director $81,565 $87,434 2023
Just Foreign Policy DC$397,148 Executive Director $94,167 $82,449 2023
Osgood Center For International Studies DC$241,075 President $75,000 $65,667 2023
Santa Cruz Breakers Inc CA$238,817 Board Member $30,000 $24,458 2025
Civil Society Institute Inc MA$413,467 President & Exec. Director $251,262 $218,818 2024
Damou Christian Mission Inc IN$236,641 Field Director $22,300 $23,464 2023
Oxford Consortium For Human Rights Inc CT$232,113 Treasurer (Former) $10,000 $9,087 2024
Inside The Middle East Inc MD$230,928 President $15,350 $14,319 2023
American Mandarin Society VA$421,218 Executive Di $84,000 $80,923 2023
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $91,128 2025
Japan America Society Of So California CA$428,314 Executive Director $19,681 $16,956 2023
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $151,145 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2025 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 OH 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Mari Noda) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,227 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.