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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Irish Diaspora Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731649522
PA · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Ashinhurst, Executive Director / CEO ($90,612) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 164 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

164 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 164 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,423 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,185 $90,612
$8,99710th
$23,54925th
$48,281Median
$66,99375th
$91,99890th
$90,612This org · 89th
p10$8,997
p25$23,549
p50$48,281
p75$66,993
p90$91,998
$90,612

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 PA 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
Cultural Enrichment Center Of Fort Collins CO$307,911 Executive Director $70,955 $68,226 2023
India Cultural Center Of Greenwich Inc CT$306,484 Executive Dir. $127,200 $116,164 2024
Twelve Gates Arts PA$308,584 Exec Dir./pr $64,992 $64,992 2023
Darul Uloom New Jersey Inc NJ$305,996 President $41,100 $36,798 2023
Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora TN$308,713 Executive Director $75,000 $76,786 2024
Black Arts & Culture Alliance Of Chicago IL$309,339 Fmr Exe Dir. $61,257 $58,658 2024
Indiana Latino Expo IN$304,186 Board Member $129,489 $133,004 2024
Capital Area New Mainers Project ME$311,379 Executive Di $39,992 $40,157 2023
Artes De La Rosa Inc TX$311,607 Executive Dir. $70,192 $70,409 2023
Global Alliance Of Indigenous Peoples Gender Justi NY$312,058 Director $58,000 $52,556 2023
Balkan Cultural Center CA$301,138 President $22,000 $19,050 2023
Philippine Cultural Foundation Inc FL$298,020 Senior Vice Chariman $37,440 $33,374 2025
Esselen Tribe Of Monterey County CA$316,920 Secretary $76,970 $66,648 2023
Gwich'in Social And Cultural AK$317,016 President $10,717 $10,274 2023
Bomazeen Land Trust ME$297,541 Co-executive Director/board Member $45,604 $44,478 2024
Central District Forum For Arts & Ideas WA$297,012 Executive Dir. $91,129 $79,468 2024
Inffinito Art & Cultural Foundation Inc FL$317,718 President $20,005 $17,833 2025
Black Lemonade TN$317,743 President Director $55,000 $56,310 2024
Arkansas Culture And Dialog Center AR$295,824 Executive Director $81,917 $89,685 2024
Creative City Kc Inc MO$294,500 Treasurer $82,500 $85,109 2024
Vang Council Of La Crosse WI$321,316 Grant Manager $77,189 $80,837 2023
Advocates For Indigenous California CA$292,769 Executive Dir. $65,000 $56,283 2023
Cambodia Town Inc CA$290,976 Secretary $4,500 $3,897 2023
Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos TX$290,437 Staff Administrator $24,245 $23,622 2024
Islamic Leadership Institute Of America Inc MD$289,915 Chief, Research, Academics & Prgms $44,950 $42,141 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Emily Ashinhurst) 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 164 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,612 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.