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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United States Japan Exchange And Teaching Programme Alumni Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474042132
DC · NTEE B84
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessyca Livingston, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jessyca Livingston — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$572 total compensation of comparable organizations → $67,423 $70,000
$5,54410th
$16,49225th
$25,660Median
$41,28275th
$51,43690th
$70,000This org · 100th
p10$5,544
p25$16,492
p50$25,660
p75$41,282
p90$51,436
$70,000

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 DC 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
Shamokin Area Hs Alumni Assoc Ed PA$160,098 Treasurer $725 $800 2024
Aiesec Life Inc PA$148,333 Executive Director $32,810 $36,216 2024
Seneca Past And Present Inc KY$182,199 Treasurer $25,354 $30,151 2024
Bridgewater Alumni Association MA$143,945 Executive Director, Alumni And Development $45,917 $47,020 2023
District Foxtrot Of The Clemson SC$186,690 Executive Director $9,284 $11,037 2023
Bernard M Baruch College NY$136,183 Executive Director $53,031 $53,042 2024
Omaha South High Alumni Association NE$192,684 Treasurer $14,046 $17,216 2023
Minot Public School Foundation ND$196,246 Executive Director $43,125 $52,384 2024
Alumni Association Of Southern Illinois IL$196,551 Assoc. Vice Chancellor For Adv/ed Of Alumni And Do $40,909 $44,516 2024
The Alumni Association Of The University NC$129,144 Executive Director $22,524 $25,097 2025
Maitland E Smith Scholarship House KS$198,902 Executive Di $21,300 $26,223 2023
Farmington Educational MO$202,762 Executive Di $20,000 $22,842 2025
The Colgate University NY$122,839 Executive Secretary $21,629 $22,272 2023
Alumni Association Of Fitchburg MA$203,774 Secretary/tr $575 $572 2024
Fulton Public Schools Foundation MO$120,573 Executive Di $18,000 $21,103 2024
Georgia College & State University GA$120,519 Executive Director, Ex-officio Gcsu $5,946 $6,617 2024
William Paterson University Of NJ$119,945 Executive Director $48,380 $49,224 2023
Alumni Association Of The DC$117,622 Executive Director $40,204 $40,204 2023
University Of California Santa CA$220,983 Executive Director $29,185 $28,718 2023
The Public Education Partnership FL$223,421 Executive Director/staff $62,981 $67,423 2023
Sigma Phi Lambda Inc TX$225,102 Co Executive $29,969 $33,182 2024
Uc Santa Cruz Alumni Association CA$225,341 Executive Dir. $19,314 $18,460 2024
Novo Collegian Alliance FL$231,337 Coordinator $13,376 $14,319 2023
Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association Of America Inc MA$233,278 Executive Manager Consultant $4,965 $5,084 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Jessyca Livingston) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.