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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Us Diplomatic Studies Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823100621
AZ · NTEE Q11
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Miller, Executive Director / CEO ($43,927) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 467 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Miller — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

467 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 467 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$696 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,983 $43,927
$9,90810th
$22,55725th
$45,164Median
$71,26875th
$99,36690th
$43,927This org · 49th
p10$9,908
p25$22,557
p50$45,164
p75$71,268
p90$99,366
$43,927

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 AZ 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
Guatemala Human Rights Commission U S A DC$226,075 Advocacy Director $61,919 $58,167 2023
American Medical Institute Inc TX$225,800 Director/manager $55,207 $57,422 2024
American Friends Of Emek Beracha In NY$225,751 President $21,260 $19,461 2025
Building Together Inc NY$225,539 President $12,000 $11,608 2023
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $72,081 2024
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $97,773 2025
Brio Health Global CA$227,106 Executive Director $65,173 $60,245 2023
The Kaifa Group Inc NY$224,787 Director $20,400 $19,734 2023
Allies Inc IN$227,662 Executive Di $60,830 $68,672 2023
Center For Growth And Opportunity UT$227,736 President $143,888 $153,127 2024
Third Day Missions Inc NY$227,765 Executive Director $23,800 $23,023 2023
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $80,919 2024
Connect Ministries WA$227,919 Executive Di $45,432 $42,294 2024
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $26,771 2023
Open Institute International Inc DC$228,190 Chairman $66,800 $62,752 2023
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $24,802 2024
The Mooncatcher Project Inc NY$228,334 Executive Director $36,200 $34,013 2024
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $35,817 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $36,679 2022
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $162,166 2024
Warren Majengo Foundation PA$228,965 Executive Director $14,300 $15,266 2023
Cuba Independiente Inc FL$223,167 President $12,000 $11,722 2024
Earth Citizens Organization AZ$229,159 Director, Vice President $18,000 $18,000 2024
Every Life Inc CO$229,440 Ceo Executive Director $34,350 $34,248 2024
Ruel Foundation Usa CA$229,495 Board Member $5,401 $4,849 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (David Miller) 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 467 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,927 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.