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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Asianetwork Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561843606
IL · NTEE B99Z
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dan Choffnes, Executive Director / CEO ($23,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 437 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

437 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 437 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$128 total compensation of comparable organizations → $288,823 $23,500
$12,51010th
$32,47525th
$57,148Median
$82,52275th
$112,07490th
$23,500This org · 19th
p10$12,510
p25$32,475
p50$57,148
p75$82,522
p90$112,074
$23,500

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 IL 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
Academy For International School Heads CO$341,123 Ceo $158,055 $154,158 2024
Radiance Sutras Institute CA$341,866 President $63,000 $55,335 2024
Academy Of Legal Studies In Business NC$342,452 Executive Secretary $22,914 $24,794 2023
The Global Air Drone Academy MD$342,623 President $2,900 $2,956 2022
Cornerstone Academy IL$339,889 Principal $70,000 $70,000 2024
The Bella Abzug Leadership Institute Inc NY$343,203 Founder And Ceo $102,898 $94,578 2024
The Life Fund VA$339,543 Ceo $28,774 $28,260 2024
Acting Without Boundaries PA$339,370 Executive Dir. $3,774 $3,828 2024
Aspire P16 Collaborative OH$343,845 Executive Di $47,250 $52,408 2023
Pseads CA$338,306 Ceo $15,000 $13,564 2023
Denver Biennial Of The Americas CO$344,954 Executive Di $167,959 $163,818 2024
Life College CA$344,960 Program Director $112,800 $99,076 2024
The Black Institute Inc NY$337,742 President $50,292 $46,226 2024
Ebenezeer Community Outreach IL$345,180 President $131,418 $128,031 2025
Washington Central Friends Of Education Inc VT$337,605 Executive Director $34,851 $36,734 2023
Centro Las Olas CA$336,915 President & Boardmember $19,936 $17,059 2025
Golden Star Educational Services CA$336,326 President $50,609 $45,765 2023
Classical Scholars Inc NC$347,341 Executive Director, Teacher $46,105 $48,457 2024
De Lasting Purpose Foundation GA$334,752 Director $4,000 $4,091 2024
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $98,095 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $40,631 2024
California Council On Teacher Education CA$349,259 Secretarytreasurer $37,805 $33,205 2024
Play Like A Girl TN$332,839 Ceo $76,666 $79,858 2025
Creative Spirit Center Inc MI$332,837 Executive Di $77,019 $80,862 2024
Population We TN$349,989 Executive Dir. $95,478 $102,084 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Dan Choffnes) 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 437 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,500 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.