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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southeast Immigrant Rights Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812745490
GA · NTEE P84
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Monica Hernandez, Executive Director / CEO ($109,848) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Monica Hernandez — reported title “CO-DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,186 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,496 $109,848
$18,61910th
$33,54025th
$54,281Median
$72,96375th
$93,65590th
$109,848This org · 96th
p10$18,619
p25$33,540
p50$54,281
p75$72,963
p90$93,655
$109,848

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 GA 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
Kurdish Peace Institute VA$328,020 Executive Dir. $143,982 $138,263 2024
Our Helpers OH$323,546 Chief Executive Officer $80,000 $84,270 2024
Southeast Asian Healing Center Incorporated WI$323,383 Executive Director $39,000 $40,508 2024
Centreville Immigration Forum VA$345,591 Executive Di $104,692 $100,533 2024
Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc NY$349,328 Executive Director $47,180 $42,401 2024
Family Bridge Inc GA$310,578 Ceo $35,750 $35,750 2024
Maine Labor And Resource Center ME$309,427 Executive Director $61,506 $61,253 2024
Three Feathers Associates OK$307,578 Exec. Dir/treasurer $75,000 $82,135 2024
Latino Resources Inc IA$363,673 Executive Dir. $24,000 $26,135 2024
Khmer Maine ME$300,400 Executive Director $54,024 $53,801 2024
Centro Del Pueblo Movimiento Indigena Migrante CA$300,186 Executive Director $44,750 $39,566 2023
Immigration Advocacy & CT$296,904 Executive Dir. $37,500 $36,002 2023
Spanish Action League Of Onondaga County NY$371,786 President $101,710 $91,407 2024
Immigo CA$294,402 Ceo $45,450 $39,032 2024
Vitendo4africa MO$374,837 Executive Director And Ceo $60,000 $63,203 2024
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc CA$375,513 Executive Dir. $28,127 $24,869 2023
Polish American Club Of Deerfield MA$290,149 President $4,550 $4,186 2023
Refugee Assistance Alliance Inc FL$377,285 President $55,309 $51,675 2024
Women Empowerment Coalition Of Nyc NY$288,599 Executive Director $76,500 $68,750 2024
Native American Indian Center Of Central Ohio Inc OH$288,360 Executive Director $40,000 $42,135 2024
Hanmi Family Counseling Center Inc CA$285,923 Ceo $19,797 $17,002 2024
Dfw Refugee Outreach Services TX$385,255 President $6,000 $5,969 2024
Accent Network OR$280,860 President $71,400 $67,892 2023
Pillars4humanity VA$386,619 Chief Executive Officer $102,948 $98,859 2024
Newbridges Immigrant Resource VA$279,041 Executive Di $70,940 $68,122 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Monica Hernandez) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $109,848 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.