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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Data For Black Lives Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821709461
FL · NTEE V31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yeshimabeit Milner, Executive Director / CEO ($190,042) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Yeshimabeit Milner — reported title “CoFounderCEO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $207,600 $190,042
$18,20110th
$36,76725th
$60,301Median
$114,61075th
$168,23690th
$190,042This org · 98th
p10$18,201
p25$36,767
p50$60,301
p75$114,610
p90$168,236
$190,042

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 FL 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
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging Groups WI$286,466 President $103,149 $114,672 2024
Missouri Appleseed MO$276,837 Executive Director $90,000 $101,471 2024
The Institute For Cultural Evolution CO$287,835 President $150,431 $158,081 2023
Santa Barbara Institute For CA$273,664 President $50,004 $45,963 2024
United States Geospatial VA$290,487 Chief Exec. $2,472 $2,616 2023
Employment Research & Development Instit IL$270,853 President $174,389 $187,891 2023
Secular Coalition For America Education Fund DC$293,267 Executive Director $64,016 $61,565 2023
Public Broadcasting Network Inc MO$294,178 Ceo $117,000 $135,808 2023
Center For Cuban Studiesinc NY$296,120 Exec. Dir/secre $16,640 $16,006 2024
Wisconsin Council On Economic WI$267,199 Executive Di $123,096 $140,889 2023
Alabama Council On Economic Education AL$297,007 Executive Program Director $43,937 $50,528 2024
Liam's Chancebehavioralservicesinc VA$298,149 Executive Di $95,500 $101,055 2023
Bounce Beyond Inc MA$265,611 Co-chair $114,167 $109,208 2024
Institute For The Study Of Man Inc VA$259,303 Director, President, Secretary/treasurer $39,646 $47,169 2021
The Gen Next Foundation Inc CA$258,246 Ceo $40,000 $36,767 2024
Center For Partnership Systems CA$305,972 President And Co-founder $50,000 $45,959 2024
Telosa Community Foundation CA$308,210 Ceo, Secretary, Treasurer $200,000 $183,837 2024
Society For Social Studies Of Science GA$252,486 Managing Director $107,080 $114,610 2024
Eastern Sociological Society NJ$312,665 Exec. Officer $69,259 $65,825 2024
Celsius Inc DC$248,805 Executive Director/chair $182,716 $170,678 2024
Center For The Study Of Organized Hate Inc DC$248,569 Secretarytreasurer $4,050 $3,783 2024
The Rhine Research Center Inc NC$322,718 Executive Director $73,129 $82,810 2023
Feminist Studies Inc VA$238,305 Secretary/treasurer $41,085 $43,475 2023
Massachusetts Institute For MA$234,189 Director Of Admin & Commun $84,000 $80,351 2024
Georgia Council For Social Sciences GA$234,171 Executive Director $12,000 $12,844 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
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 (Yeshimabeit Milner) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $190,042 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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 13, 2026.