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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Parityorg Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820904363
VA · NTEE R24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dina Schenk, Executive Director / CEO ($187,794) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 333 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Dina Schenk — reported title “PRESIDENT, VP OF MARKETING”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

333 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 333 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$660 total compensation of comparable organizations → $320,284 $187,794
$16,29410th
$31,51525th
$61,654Median
$88,32175th
$119,13890th
$187,794This org · 99th
p10$16,294
p25$31,515
p50$61,654
p75$88,321
p90$119,138
$187,794

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 VA 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
Advancement Project Action Fund DC$250,000 President, Executive Director $47,237 $41,700 2024
Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc DC$249,901 Director/secretary $25,927 $22,887 2024
Asian And Pacific Islanders For Lgbtq Equality-la CA$250,327 Executive Director $76,976 $68,841 2023
North Carolina Coalition For Alternatives To The D NC$249,509 Executive Director $80,600 $83,779 2024
Minas List Inc CA$249,405 Executive Director $98,700 $88,269 2023
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $88,213 2023
Shared Humanity Project SC$248,910 Co-founder And President $150,000 $157,422 2024
Carroll County Casa Inc GA$247,723 Executive Dir. $63,840 $62,909 2025
Great Lakes Bay Pride MI$247,373 Executive Di $71,487 $74,227 2024
Keystone Progress Education Fund PA$253,066 Executive Di $81,923 $84,612 2023
Cuba Study Group Inc DC$246,841 Executive Director $170,984 $155,398 2023
Central Georgia Casa Inc GA$253,174 Executive Di $70,000 $68,979 2025
The Washington Bus WA$253,250 Executive Director $108,760 $100,848 2023
Move To Amend CA$253,286 Director $4,800 $4,293 2023
Muslim American Leadership Alliance IL$246,473 Chairperson $75,617 $74,785 2024
Sampson County Child Advocacy NC$246,315 Executive Di $52,670 $54,747 2024
Naples Pride Inc FL$253,687 President $64,583 $61,033 2024
Fair Wisconsin Education Fund Inc WI$253,859 Executive Director (Thru February) $59,299 $62,300 2024
Pregnancy Help & Information FL$253,952 Ceo $55,150 $53,658 2023
No More A Stranger Foundation UT$254,010 Executive Director $45,831 $47,187 2024
Casa Of Southwest Georgia Inc GA$254,994 Executive Di $54,288 $56,534 2023
Formed Foundation DC$255,102 Director $27,500 $24,276 2024
Gay And Lesbian Community Center MO$255,262 Executive Di $27,692 $29,506 2024
Colorado Democracy Network CO$255,793 Executive Director $79,547 $78,998 2023
Tennesseans For Alternatives To TN$243,849 Executive Di $88,391 $96,227 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Dina Schenk) 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 333 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $187,794 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.