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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Whistleblower Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521770068
DC · NTEE R60Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Siri Turner, Executive Director / CEO ($182,358) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Siri Turner — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,124 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,888 $182,358
$18,37810th
$36,85125th
$86,787Median
$129,83375th
$175,54590th
$182,358This org · 92nd
p10$18,378
p25$36,851
p50$86,787
p75$129,833
p90$175,545
$182,358

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
Maryland Rise Inc MD$448,800 Former Executive Director $52,272 $57,335 2023
Advocates For Trans Equality NY$424,852 Executive Director $21,038 $21,664 2024
Florida Impact Inc FL$414,959 President/ce $92,240 $101,663 2023
National Center For Justice And Liberty IL$466,432 President $118,059 $132,264 2024
American Firearms Coalition OH$468,236 Secretary $38,000 $47,219 2023
Fpc Action Foundation NV$407,462 Vp/gc Thru 3/24, President From 3/24 $200,380 $228,888 2024
American Values Action VA$475,903 President $81,000 $89,124 2024
National Council On Civil Advocacy Inc DC$389,315 Executive Officer $86,194 $88,740 2023
Skylight Engagement Inc NY$497,627 Executive Dir. $82,225 $84,670 2024
Constitutional Rights Foundation Of CA$379,628 Executive Director $64,266 $63,239 2024
Human & Civil Rights Organizations MA$505,816 Executive Di $84,750 $86,787 2024
Calling All Crows Inc MA$529,796 Former Exec Dir $130,000 $133,124 2024
Surveillance Technology Oversight NY$532,329 Executive Director $108,741 $115,282 2023
Zachor Legal Institute MT$324,448 President $30,000 $36,851 2024
Ceasefire Pennsylvania PA$322,328 Executive Di $11,954 $13,986 2023
Lagniappe Law Lab LA$560,147 Executive Director $100,500 $129,833 2023
We The Patriots Usa Inc ID$311,241 President $150,000 $181,838 2024
The National Center For Law And Policy CA$299,784 President $219,646 $222,519 2023
Global Americans Inc NY$580,449 Executive Director $20,000 $21,203 2023
Knife Rights Inc AZ$296,945 Chairman/ceo $15,050 $16,494 2024
Ohioans To Stop Executions OH$583,166 Exec Directo $21,023 $25,374 2024
Michigan Voting Rights Foundation MI$595,000 Treasurer/secretary $2,580 $3,124 2023
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center UT$604,231 Executive Di $138,333 $166,106 2023
Advocates For The Environment Inc CA$609,395 Executive Director $127,500 $122,228 2025
North Brooklyn Coalition Against NY$638,004 Executive Di $35,154 $37,268 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 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 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Siri Turner) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $182,358 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.