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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Maqasid Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815384123
TN · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zaid J Albarzinji, Executive Director / CEO ($84,716) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 167 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: Zaid J Albarzinji — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

167 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 167 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$737 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,396 $84,716
$5,95710th
$19,30125th
$35,325Median
$57,42675th
$89,52890th
$84,716This org · 89th
p10$5,957
p25$19,301
p50$35,325
p75$57,426
p90$89,528
$84,716

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 TN 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
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc FL$185,200 President/ceo $35,289 $31,538 2024
Eaton Rapids Medical Center Foundation MI$184,658 President $19,871 $20,089 2023
The Fatherhood Comission Inc AL$184,615 Executive Di $72,000 $76,186 2023
The Community Foundation For St CT$186,361 Director $2,083 $1,858 2024
Swfl Children's Charities Inc FL$183,837 Executive Director $105,385 $96,967 2023
United Way Of Rockingham County NC$186,647 Executive Di $77,112 $75,801 2024
Isaiah House Inc CA$182,904 President $7,700 $6,512 2023
Good Neighbor Network OR$188,192 Board Member $11,667 $10,308 2024
Metro Area Youth Foundation NE$189,673 Secretary $6,479 $6,825 2023
The Unity Foundation MN$190,402 Executive Director $62,263 $58,530 2024
The Alex Fund Inc NY$179,799 President $8,333 $7,164 2024
E Kneale Dockstader Foundation PA$191,524 Foundation M $38,048 $35,166 2025
Sbam Foundation MI$191,780 President $7,678 $7,539 2024
Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation NY$191,973 Executive Director $23,833 $21,094 2023
Rogers Public Library Foundation AR$178,304 Executive Director $44,000 $47,052 2024
Center For Life Management Foundation NH$193,790 President Ceo $23,045 $20,244 2024
Congenital Heart Defect Coalition NJ$193,986 Office Manager $6,811 $5,956 2023
Deron Cherry Charitable Foundation MO$176,208 Executive Dir. $30,000 $30,229 2024
The Murdock Fund MA$175,959 Treasurer $1,500 $1,282 2024
Steps Together A Nj Non Profit NJ$175,905 Executive Director $15,400 $13,467 2023
Fans For The Cure NY$194,522 Founder & Cao $33,068 $29,267 2023
Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation OH$194,583 Executive Di $68,056 $66,808 2025
Lhes Foundation HI$194,744 Executive Di $19,740 $17,310 2023
Pray For Gray ND$195,654 Executive Director $44,239 $46,186 2024
Equality And Inclusion In Hospitality Inc CA$196,022 President/director $100,000 $82,149 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Zaid J Albarzinji) 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 167 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,716 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.