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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sickle Cell Foundation Of Arizona Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460741040
AZ · NTEE H43
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Asuquo Moses Akpan, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 115 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Asuquo Moses Akpan — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

115 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 115 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,074 total compensation of comparable organizations → $479,499 $50,000
$22,50010th
$34,70725th
$55,565Median
$93,33875th
$131,09290th
$50,000This org · 45th
p10$22,500
p25$34,707
p50$55,565
p75$93,338
p90$131,092
$50,000

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 AZ 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
Neuro-optometric Rehabitation Asc Inc TX$273,821 Executive Director $62,883 $63,530 2024
Aspen Rhoads Research Foundation Inc MD$275,117 Chief Executive Officer $23,700 $22,378 2024
Medical Staff Of Regional Medical Center CA$275,354 President $120,000 $107,744 2023
Childrens Airway First Foundation TX$267,498 Director And President $40,000 $41,605 2023
International Alliance For Phytobiomes WI$265,426 Executive Director $60,602 $65,809 2023
Asxl Rare Research Endowment Foundation ME$283,786 Executive Director $105,900 $110,263 2023
The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer AL$284,799 Executive Director $79,417 $89,212 2023
National Autism Association Inc RI$285,344 President $65,000 $64,808 2023
Carol M Baldwin Breast Cancer Research NY$286,034 Executive Director $103,504 $97,251 2023
The Ros1ders Inc CA$286,612 Executive Dir. $9,361 $8,405 2023
Mcgrorty Foundation NY$257,595 President $8,000 $7,517 2023
A Glimmer Of Hope Inc PA$256,560 Executive Director $17,800 $18,457 2023
Ibrea Foundation NY$255,669 Director/sec $36,000 $32,855 2024
Albie Aware Inc CA$288,875 Executive Director $111,546 $100,154 2023
Can Do Houston TX$255,316 Executive Di $59,750 $60,365 2024
Foundation For Cardiovascular Medicine And Research CA$289,213 Ceo/president $34,150 $29,782 2024
National Canine Cancer Foundation Inc AZ$289,739 Director $40,728 $39,560 2024
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link MI$290,191 Executive Director $84,103 $85,413 2025
Caroline Symmes Inc IN$290,676 President $8,333 $8,875 2024
Conquering Congenital Heart Disease WI$291,957 Former Executive Director $38,461 $41,766 2023
Laughlin Family Foundation For Rare Canc MD$252,531 Executive Director $96,500 $93,809 2023
Maryland Association For Parkinson MD$252,158 Pres/exec Dir $29,777 $28,116 2024
Lizzys Walk Of Faith MO$252,032 President $41,600 $44,501 2024
International Biomedical Research DC$292,601 President $140,000 $124,078 2024
Conference For The Model AZ$250,244 Executive Dir. $54,644 $53,076 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Asuquo Moses Akpan) 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 115 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.