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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Korean American Association And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760045328
TX · NTEE A230
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eun Ju Park, Executive Director / CEO ($9,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 157 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Eun Ju Park — reported title “Board Member”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

157 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 157 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,461 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,541 $9,000
$7,40310th
$21,58125th
$43,252Median
$63,62975th
$89,23290th
$9,000This org · 11th
p10$7,403
p25$21,581
p50$43,252
p75$63,629
p90$89,232
$9,000

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 TX 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
Red Earth Inc OK$270,989 Executive Di $43,306 $47,671 2024
Irish Heritage Center OH$271,167 Director $4,700 $5,124 2023
Shep-ty CA$272,124 Executive Dir. $115,189 $99,435 2024
Maine Irish Heritage Center ME$273,177 Executive Director $80,000 $80,082 2024
Liberty Place Inc VI$264,018 Executive Director $52,664 $52,664 2024
Bit Community Center Inc MD$276,110 Executive Director & Ceo $65,360 $61,086 2024
Fathers And Sons Together WA$261,803 Executive Director $80,600 $72,139 2024
American Foundation For Tibetan Cultural CA$261,527 Ceo $12,500 $10,790 2024
Mexican Cultural Center PA$277,294 Director Of Programs $20,068 $20,006 2024
La Conexion OH$278,029 Executive Director $12,001 $12,707 2024
Intercourse Library Inc PA$278,303 Executive Di $60,408 $60,222 2024
Lexington Chinese School Inc MA$278,711 President $1,579 $1,461 2023
Descendants Of Holocaust Survivors NY$279,204 Executive Director $74,946 $67,702 2024
Relentless Academy MN$259,244 Excutive Director $57,120 $58,090 2023
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions HI$279,563 Executive Director $31,900 $28,551 2024
Finnish Center Association MI$258,337 Treasurer $9,479 $9,781 2024
Arawaka Inc NM$281,056 President $47,700 $52,803 2023
The Progressive Forum TX$257,151 Director $33,000 $33,000 2024
Race Matters Slo County CA$256,465 Executive Director $30,067 $26,721 2023
Halau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc HI$256,455 President $14,996 $13,422 2024
Sri Poojalaya Cultural And Community Cen CA$256,325 Ceo $48,000 $41,435 2024
Agritech Institute For Small VT$253,817 Secretary, T $168,494 $169,541 2024
Lincoln Crossroads Festival NE$253,480 Board President $2,200 $2,435 2023
Alaska Native Voices Educational Institute AK$285,092 President $36,768 $35,141 2024
King Sejong Institute Center Usa CA$285,247 Cfo $38,004 $33,776 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Eun Ju Park) 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 157 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,000 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.