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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocates International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541646669
VA · NTEE Q700
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Teresa Conradie, Executive Director / CEO ($108,270) 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 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Teresa Conradie — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO 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

$7,271 total compensation of comparable organizations → $104,412 $108,270
$11,00310th
$21,85225th
$49,752Median
$67,89275th
$90,32090th
$108,270This org · 100th
p10$11,003
p25$21,852
p50$49,752
p75$67,892
p90$90,320
$108,270

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 VA 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
Cuba Independiente Inc FL$223,167 President $12,000 $11,341 2024
Guatemala Human Rights Commission U S A DC$226,075 Advocacy Director $61,919 $56,275 2023
Allies Inc IN$227,662 Executive Di $60,830 $66,438 2023
Amnistia Internacional-seccion De Puerto Rico Inc PR$238,927 Executive Director $59,600 $57,890 2024
Bay Area Anti-trafficking Coalition CA$256,892 President $120,200 $104,412 2024
World Kashmir Awareness OH$178,050 Secretary $20,000 $21,309 2024
The Advocacy Project DC$172,637 Executive Di $33,000 $29,992 2023
Identify Inc GA$268,339 Director $78,000 $81,226 2023
Inhr MI$273,808 Mr $9,555 $10,214 2023
Africa School Assistance Project CO$276,789 Executive Director $90,600 $87,393 2024
Project Suma Inc GA$277,482 Intl Director $36,996 $37,421 2024
United Justice CA$154,696 President $66,962 $59,885 2023
Smex Usa Inc DC$282,710 Ceo And Vice President Of The Board $22,000 $19,421 2024
South Texas Human Rights Center Inc TX$283,213 Board Treasurer $23,333 $23,480 2024
Friends Of The Congo DC$291,634 Executive Director $8,000 $7,271 2023
Rescue Pink Inc TX$302,677 President $66,000 $68,377 2023
The 88 Project IL$305,757 Executive Dir $95,413 $97,150 2023
International Tibet Network CA$307,132 Executive Director $48,336 $43,228 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Teresa Conradie) 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 (Q70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,270 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.