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Compensation Comparability Determination

Ascend Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 651284462
NY · NTEE S194
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Peyen Fong, Executive Director / CEO ($150,640) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 788 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Peyen Fong — reported title “Natl Programs & Marketing Ad”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

788 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 788 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,677,177 $150,640
$55,86510th
$120,13025th
$190,381Median
$284,43175th
$405,67790th
$150,640This org · 37th
p10$55,865
p25$120,130
p50$190,381
p75$284,431
p90$405,677
$150,640

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 NY 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
Chattanooga Regional Homeless TN$3,917,117 Executive Director $99,938 $116,252 2024
Ignite Presque Isle ME$3,917,117 Ceo $132,970 $147,349 2024
Phinney Neighborhood Association WA$3,909,312 Executive Director $124,633 $127,132 2023
Ohio Bankers League OH$3,919,191 Executive Director, Obbt $67,913 $79,602 2024
Southwest Riverside County Association CA$3,904,052 Gad $133,808 $131,643 2023
🔒 783 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 NY 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 NY 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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.