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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Archaeology In The Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300538831
DC · NTEE A70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexandra Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($54,049) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$295 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,794 $54,049
$11,19710th
$37,19825th
$60,348Median
$77,59975th
$100,67590th
$54,049This org · 41st
p10$11,197
p25$37,198
p50$60,348
p75$77,599
p90$100,675
$54,049

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 DC 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
The Center For Khmer Studies Inc DC$317,166 President & Ceo $50,000 $50,000 2023
Living Tongues Institute OR$310,319 President $42,000 $44,447 2023
Missoula Writing Collaborative MT$309,975 Prev Exec. Dir. $34,808 $41,530 2024
Arborlea Study Center TX$308,165 Treasurer $27,752 $31,635 2023
Association Of Bookmobile & IA$307,645 Executive Director $46,519 $56,378 2024
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Tyler Inc TX$305,892 Executive Dir. $71,340 $78,988 2024
The Aftermath Project Inc CA$303,880 Secretary $51,000 $50,185 2023
Oregon Hope Chinese School OR$329,095 President $73,140 $77,401 2023
Helping Link WA$302,762 Executive Director $125,517 $124,386 2024
The 1947 Partition Archive CA$333,750 Executive Dir. $62,000 $61,009 2023
Experience Excellence TX$334,637 President $60,000 $66,433 2024
Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish School Nfp IL$342,361 Prezes $7,392 $8,044 2024
Atlanta Writers Club GA$289,485 Executive Director $31,500 $36,093 2023
Western Political Science Association OR$288,787 Executive Dir. $7,000 $7,195 2024
Faulkner Morgan Archive KY$288,069 President & Executive Director $52,771 $64,608 2023
American Comparative Literature IL$285,428 Chief Admin Off $85,586 $95,884 2023
Lama Foundation NM$280,456 Director $1,008 $1,235 2023
Christian Home Educators Assn Of Calif CA$278,232 Treasurer $300 $295 2023
Henry Miller Memorial Library CA$355,492 Executive Dir. $107,666 $105,945 2023
Project Sycamore A Nfp Corporation TX$273,382 Executive Director $84,000 $95,753 2023
Marine Mills Folk School MN$272,489 Pt Exec Dire $23,336 $26,277 2023
Pulaski County Imagination Library AR$361,644 Interim Executive Director $33,889 $42,164 2024
Split This Rock Inc DC$267,649 Director $64,281 $64,281 2023
La Casa De Maria Retreat Center CA$364,900 Executive Director $92,250 $88,171 2024
The Alexandria Archive Institute CA$370,219 Executive Director $72,000 $70,849 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Alexandra Jones) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,049 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.