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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Genequality Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821439407
DE · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sharareh Hakimi, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sharareh Hakimi — reported title “Founder & Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,223 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,492 $75,000
$19,58710th
$35,70325th
$61,064Median
$97,26775th
$115,25590th
$75,000This org · 67th
p10$19,587
p25$35,703
p50$61,064
p75$97,267
p90$115,255
$75,000

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 DE 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
Goal Justice SC$233,753 Lead Organizer $63,000 $65,198 2024
Conservative Roundtable Of Texas TX$239,624 Executive Director $117,200 $116,297 2024
Fundamedios Inc DC$243,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,000 $5,223 2024
Oregon Alliance To Prevent Gun Violence For Safety OR$221,309 Executive Director $76,101 $72,176 2023
New Tolerance Campaign AZ$217,821 President $67,500 $64,396 2024
North Dakota Family Alliance ND$217,303 Executive Di $92,497 $100,693 2024
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $86,987 2023
Mississippi Rising Coalition MS$215,781 President $44,450 $49,110 2024
Advancement Project Action Fund DC$250,000 President, Executive Director $47,237 $41,120 2024
Floridians For Alternatives To The Death FL$213,697 Executive Director $65,000 $60,573 2024
Muslimahs United OR$208,627 Executive Di $59,192 $56,139 2023
New Jersey Black Empowerment Coalition Inc NJ$207,388 Executive Director $130,000 $115,139 2024
Justice For Migrant Families Wny NY$206,494 Executive Dir. $57,316 $52,895 2023
New Path 1010 Inc GA$205,668 Executive Director $63,345 $61,554 2025
Rise Foundation VA$260,769 Executive Di $34,375 $33,897 2023
American Constitutional Rights Union FL$263,886 President/ceo $22,500 $20,967 2024
Black Arts Movement Business District Development CA$193,004 Executive Director $121,167 $106,855 2023
Future Georgia Inc Dba Georgia Values Action GA$276,804 Chair $136,844 $136,492 2024
New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking Inc NJ$183,556 Vice President $23,150 $19,975 2025
Ella Baker Center Action Fund CA$283,872 Secretary And Director $12,226 $10,472 2024
Greater Spokane Action WA$291,825 Executive Dir. $25,028 $22,885 2023
Greater Spokane Progress WA$299,949 Executive Director $63,875 $58,405 2023
Investigations Bureau DE$300,171 President And Treasurer $42,373 $44,110 2022
Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition IA$304,816 President $99,410 $107,975 2024
Based Politics Inc GA$318,646 Ceo $75,540 $77,571 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Sharareh Hakimi) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.