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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Korean American Association Of Chicago

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363235868
IL · NTEE P84Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jae Eun Heo, Executive Director / CEO ($22,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jae Eun Heo — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,175 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,150 $22,300
$11,72210th
$31,78325th
$53,578Median
$72,17575th
$88,46890th
$22,300This org · 20th
p10$11,722
p25$31,783
p50$53,578
p75$72,175
p90$88,468
$22,300

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 IL 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
Overcomers Refugee Services NH$228,857 Executive Di $61,966 $61,504 2023
Unitedly CA$232,317 Board President And Ceo $80,385 $72,473 2024
Hispanic Alliance Of Southeastern CT$233,962 Executive Dir. $48,385 $48,765 2023
Connecticut Worker Center Inc CT$237,703 Executive Officer $55,101 $53,941 2024
Home For Refugees Usa CA$242,109 Executive Director $82,500 $74,380 2024
Ramapough Mountain Indians Inc NJ$217,243 Executive Dir. $64,000 $59,661 2024
Hromada CA$214,081 Chief Financial Officer $2,000 $1,857 2023
Hola Lakeway TN$248,347 Executive Director $31,200 $35,252 2023
Project Alaska Inc AK$250,322 Executive Director $76,000 $75,863 2024
Tu Casa Latina NV$210,517 Executive Director $54,188 $58,387 2023
Fulaa Lifeline International VA$252,157 Executive Director $20,303 $20,467 2024
Partnership For Good Health OH$253,895 Executive Di $50,000 $53,867 2025
Austin Region Jfon TX$206,869 Executive Di $51,300 $53,578 2024
American Steps Corp FL$206,258 Executive Director $96,000 $96,942 2023
Friends Of The International Institute WI$205,058 Executive Vice President $22,000 $24,697 2023
Christian Immigration Advocacy Cent PA$265,637 President $34,585 $35,082 2025
Polynesian Association Of Alaska Inc AK$272,041 President & Ceo $11,112 $11,092 2024
Hands Of Faith Ministries Inc NE$187,590 Executive Director $24,000 $26,951 2024
Immigration Services Of Mountain View CA$276,240 President $90,692 $81,766 2024
Glacial Lakes Multicultural Center Inc SD$182,806 Director $1,020 $1,175 2024
Newbridges Immigrant Resource VA$279,041 Executive Di $70,940 $71,515 2024
Accent Network OR$280,860 President $71,400 $71,274 2023
Abbas House Of Welcome TX$179,087 Executive Dir. $13,068 $13,649 2024
Hanmi Family Counseling Center Inc CA$285,923 Ceo $19,797 $17,849 2024
Native American Indian Center Of Central Ohio Inc OH$288,360 Executive Director $40,000 $44,234 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Jae Eun Heo) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,300 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.