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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Delta Epsilon Mu

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383973142
VA · NTEE E70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allajah Blugh, Executive Director / CEO ($3,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 117 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Allajah Blugh — reported title “NATIONAL PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

117 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 117 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$106 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,063 $3,250
$13,34210th
$40,60525th
$68,137Median
$95,96575th
$126,20190th
$3,250This org · 3rd
p10$13,342
p25$40,605
p50$68,137
p75$95,965
p90$126,201
$3,250

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 VA 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
Springs Community Acupuncture Inc CO$251,731 President $67,760 $67,292 2024
Ann Arbor Community Acupuncture MI$257,333 President $59,413 $65,389 2023
Ohio Public Health Association OH$250,781 Executive Di $43,394 $49,007 2023
American Friends Of Hala OH$250,158 Trustee $104,196 $117,674 2023
New Mexico Alive NM$250,000 President $12,000 $13,762 2023
Just Health Action WA$249,556 President $101,146 $93,788 2024
Integrate For Good Inc PA$249,498 Executive Director $124,615 $132,507 2023
Global Health Promise OR$262,465 Director And President Of The $12,300 $12,179 2023
National Public Health Information Coalition Inc GA$246,111 Executive Director $50,037 $52,107 2024
North Carolina Business Group On Health Inc NC$246,012 President $88,550 $94,761 2024
Empire Liver Foundation Inc NY$245,281 President / $49,917 $46,716 2024
Little Urban Smiles Inc MO$244,718 Treasurer/secretary $6,000 $6,582 2024
Oral Health Florida Inc FL$243,740 Vice Chair $750 $730 2024
Maasha Trust MA$265,269 Director $146,500 $140,372 2023
Modern Spirit Organization Inc AZ$265,847 Executive Dir. $85,000 $84,664 2024
Hope Health And Wellness Center Qalicb TX$242,341 Director/ceo $24,592 $25,478 2024
Just Kids Dental Inc MN$239,388 Executive Direc $78,416 $78,181 2025
The Root Cause Inc TX$238,923 Founder/ceo $78,792 $81,629 2024
Institute For Internal Transformation CA$238,771 Executive Director/board Chair $60,000 $53,659 2024
Alliance For African American Health In Central Texas TX$237,883 Executive Director $76,112 $78,853 2024
Health Equity Alliance For Lgbtq New Mexicans NM$237,024 Executive Director $87,258 $97,200 2024
California Coalition For Harm Reduction CA$272,222 Chief Executive Office $331,050 $296,063 2024
Health Council Of West Central FL$235,177 Executive Di $81,126 $76,897 2025
Adams County Memorial Hospital IN$276,484 Executive Director $25,305 $28,454 2023
Washington Global Health Alliance WA$231,428 President And Ceo $150,755 $143,918 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Allajah Blugh) 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 117 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,250 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.