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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Advocacy Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522333129
DC · NTEE Q70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Iain Guest, Executive Director / CEO ($33,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 319 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Iain Guest — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

319 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 319 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $278,766 $33,000
$8,57410th
$22,54125th
$44,871Median
$73,57975th
$105,55790th
$33,000This org · 38th
p10$8,574
p25$22,541
p50$44,871
p75$73,579
p90$105,557
$33,000

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
Coalition For Integrity Inc DC$172,861 President & Ceo $287,000 $278,766 2024
The Social Enterprise Fund Inc FL$172,241 Director $2,400 $2,495 2024
Japan-america Society Of PA$174,087 Executive Director $47,736 $52,691 2024
Raising Hope Inc PA$171,014 President $21,140 $23,334 2024
The Coffee Trust NM$170,317 Secretary/tr $6,573 $7,825 2024
Make Life Skate Life CO$175,405 President $24,000 $26,225 2023
Southwest Jewish Congress TX$168,889 Executive Director $45,000 $49,825 2024
Wisconsin Cyber Threat Response Alliance WI$176,907 President & Ceo $61,000 $72,597 2023
Jubilee Usa Network DC$168,246 Executive Dir. $189,520 $184,083 2024
Japan Society Of Boston Inc MA$168,092 Executive Director $63,461 $64,986 2023
International Medicine Network Inc OK$177,364 President $43,017 $52,430 2024
Junior Achievement Of Middletown Area OH$167,633 President/ed $73,123 $83,515 2025
Friends Of Sharing The Dream In Guatemala SD$177,689 Executive Director $43,100 $52,649 2024
Lumen Inc VA$177,837 Director $19,140 $21,060 2023
Himalayan Healthcare Inc NY$167,365 Director $38,280 $38,288 2024
Alaska World Affairs Council AK$167,258 President/ce $79,434 $86,542 2023
World Kashmir Awareness OH$178,050 Secretary $20,000 $23,447 2024
Partnership International Inc DC$167,065 Senior Engineer - Solar & Wind $33,064 $32,115 2024
New Asia Foundation For Education CA$178,689 President $7,500 $7,380 2023
Godesign Inc GA$178,799 Ceo $57,200 $63,660 2024
Partners For Cancer Care And MD$166,465 Executive Director $61,500 $65,521 2023
Mbeya CA$178,935 Chief Executive $77,004 $75,773 2023
Heart Of Christ-corazon De Cristo Inc AL$165,779 President $11,300 $13,513 2024
Junior Achievement Of Hawaii Inc HI$165,759 President $94,682 $96,600 2023
Head First Development UT$179,547 Exec. Vp, Op $86,278 $100,627 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Iain Guest) 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 319 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.