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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Waging Nonviolence Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464615909
NY · NTEE R30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bryan Farrell, Executive Director / CEO ($46,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bryan Farrell — reported title “Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,310 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,859 $46,800
$18,13710th
$39,59025th
$76,617Median
$105,80275th
$115,00890th
$46,800This org · 33rd
p10$18,137
p25$39,590
p50$76,617
p75$105,802
p90$115,008
$46,800

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 NY 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
Speaking Down Barriers SC$206,153 Executive Director $66,200 $78,685 2023
People Acting For Community Together FL$212,694 Executive Director $65,000 $69,571 2023
Healing Racism Institute Inc MA$213,172 Executive Director $120,000 $122,859 2023
Montana Racial Equity Project MT$218,498 Exec Director $60,701 $74,549 2023
Sweet Potato Comfort Pie MN$226,466 President $24,591 $26,890 2024
Liberation Journeys IL$172,127 Executive Dir. $91,667 $97,160 2025
Coming Together Virginia VA$235,100 Chief Executive Officer $98,577 $108,443 2023
Dais Partners PA$240,750 President $96,154 $113,728 2022
Nebraska Mediation Center NE$160,059 Executive Director $38,988 $45,210 2025
Multicultural Alliance TX$158,004 President & Ceo $92,000 $104,851 2023
Southern Jewish GA$259,492 Executive Di $103,000 $117,995 2023
Main Street Hanover Inc PA$261,517 Executive Di $4,008 $4,310 2025
Family Diversity Projects Inc MA$135,057 President $73,108 $72,703 2024
Be Present Inc GA$268,392 Co-leader Of Transformative Action/ceo $18,750 $21,480 2023
Ohio Immigrant Alliance OH$276,851 President $8,820 $10,338 2024
Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent OH$278,990 Executive Di $75,000 $87,908 2024
Utah Center For Legal Inclusion UT$281,041 Executive Director $93,692 $106,119 2024
Mancos Valley Resources CO$294,061 Administrator $35,544 $37,717 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Bryan Farrell) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,800 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.