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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Whatcom Peace & Justice Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731718930
WA · NTEE Q41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aline Prata, Executive Director / CEO ($71,190) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 517 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Aline Prata — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

517 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 517 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$748 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,566 $71,190
$10,78410th
$25,02225th
$48,586Median
$76,67675th
$107,05390th
$71,190This org · 69th
p10$10,784
p25$25,022
p50$48,586
p75$76,676
p90$107,053
$71,190

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 WA 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
A Touch Of Love Foundation CA$244,733 President $74,868 $72,208 2024
Benedictine Sister Of St Agnes Of MN$244,669 Treasurer, Dir. $6,000 $7,097 2022
International Consortium On Governmental VA$245,089 Managing Director $89,625 $99,511 2023
Life Essentials Foundation TX$244,239 President $68,602 $76,648 2024
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $18,092 2023
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $22,461 2024
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $47,452 2024
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $57,243 2023
Aurora Sister Cities International CO$243,672 Ceo $85,524 $91,597 2024
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $17,950 2023
Cuirim Outreach Inc VA$243,560 Director $66,669 $74,023 2023
Powering Potential Inc NY$243,386 President $43,956 $44,365 2024
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $133,137 2023
Here For Kids International CA$242,854 Exec Director $98,291 $97,599 2023
Issaquah Cultural Circle WA$241,931 Executive Director $30,000 $30,000 2024
Unatti Foundation CA$247,939 President $38,000 $36,650 2024
Seek The Lamb Inc HI$241,529 President $46,520 $46,520 2024
Children In Harmony CA$241,435 Executive Director $173,700 $167,529 2024
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $33,568 2024
Osgood Center For International Studies DC$241,075 President $75,000 $75,682 2023
Foundation For International Education In WI$240,911 Assistant To The Treasurer $6,000 $6,999 2024
South Florida Haiti Project Inc FL$240,768 Executive Di $22,917 $24,757 2023
The Senegal Health Institute CA$240,744 Exec Director $58,240 $56,171 2024
Mesoamerican Development Institute Corporation MA$240,666 Clerk, Treasurer $2,982 $3,081 2023
Reach India Inc IN$240,370 Executive Director $34,365 $41,673 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Aline Prata) 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 517 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,190 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.