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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Academy Of Himalayan Art And Childr

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462055271
HI · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yankun Duan, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 169 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

169 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 169 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,406 $25,000
$16,90910th
$34,58625th
$60,280Median
$84,01475th
$107,25190th
$25,000This org · 19th
p10$16,909
p25$34,586
p50$60,280
p75$84,014
p90$107,251
$25,000

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 HI 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
Freetown Village Inc IN$406,571 Executive Director $62,400 $71,391 2024
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural OH$407,509 Executive Director $73,390 $86,821 2023
Cultural Coalition Inc AZ$403,582 Executive Dir. $62,292 $64,994 2024
International Muslim Outreach Inc FL$403,502 Executive Director $110,000 $112,109 2024
Pacific Community Of Alaska AK$402,914 Executive Director $100,300 $107,105 2023
Salem Multi Institute OR$402,048 Executive Director $50,000 $51,862 2023
Michigan Black Expo Inc MI$410,971 President $49,918 $57,549 2023
Aspiring Leaders Enrichment Center Inc NY$411,858 President $17,050 $16,715 2024
Bundled Arrows Inc NY$398,839 Director $7,416 $7,270 2024
Indigenous Language Institute NM$413,452 Executive Di $72,000 $84,014 2024
Ujima Mens Collective Inc FL$414,105 President And Program Directoor $76,500 $80,270 2023
Caribbeing Inc NY$414,535 Executive Dir. $14,125 $13,848 2024
Indigenous Performance Productions A Nonprofit Corporation WA$415,091 President $60,000 $58,279 2024
We Are The Culture Creators Nonprofit MI$396,365 Executive Director $30,000 $34,586 2023
New York Society Of Eye Physicians And Surgeons Inc NY$415,660 Executive Director $136,639 $137,909 2023
Latino Music Education Network CA$395,124 Member Board Of Directors $20,000 $19,290 2023
Dance Parade Inc NY$394,841 Brd&exec Dir $24,750 $23,638 2025
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc IL$394,781 Executive Artistic Director $55,000 $58,662 2024
Fanm Saj Inc FL$392,782 Director $58,359 $59,478 2024
Navi Journey Corp NJ$389,669 Author $125,000 $124,656 2023
Bihl Haus Arts Inc TX$388,480 Executive Dir. $91,088 $101,771 2023
Hispanic League NC$385,109 Executive Director Through September 2024 $55,531 $62,249 2024
Knowyourroots CA$383,619 President $27,000 $25,293 2024
Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center OH$383,283 Ceo $20,566 $24,330 2023
Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc NY$379,572 Executive Director $28,064 $28,325 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Yankun Duan) 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 169 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.