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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Economic And Policy Research

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522204029
DC · NTEE Q055
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eileen Applebaum, Executive Director / CEO ($164,323) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 246 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Eileen Applebaum — reported title “CO-DIRECTOR/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

246 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 246 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,687 total compensation of comparable organizations → $924,474 $164,323
$78,74110th
$124,15425th
$196,185Median
$274,44275th
$381,09790th
$164,323This org · 40th
p10$78,741
p25$124,154
p50$196,185
p75$274,442
p90$381,097
$164,323

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
Clean The World Foundation Inc FL$6,951,418 Executive Director $119,634 $124,398 2024
American School Of Warsaw Foundation $6,955,667 Finance & Operations Direc $31,798 $30,886 2024
Binaytara Foundation WA$6,986,637 President $337,802 $334,758 2024
Project Harmony Inc VT$6,993,959 Executive Director $111,367 $124,073 2024
National Committee On United States NY$6,999,621 President $721,191 $721,333 2024
🔒 241 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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:

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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.