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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824434634
NJ · NTEE R99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Seda-schreiber, Executive Director / CEO ($130,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert Seda-schreiber — reported title “Chief Activist”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,780 total compensation of comparable organizations → $227,570 $130,000
$16,17610th
$34,27525th
$69,948Median
$103,07675th
$170,55990th
$130,000This org · 83rd
p10$16,176
p25$34,275
p50$69,948
p75$103,076
p90$170,559
$130,000

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 NJ 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
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $16,062 2024
Organize Tennessee TN$334,041 Executive Di $54,450 $68,704 2022
Survivor Justice Action Inc TX$317,100 Ceo/secretary $46,354 $51,934 2024
Take Back The Court Action Fund CA$315,887 President $22,945 $22,191 2024
The Norml Foundation DC$301,217 Vice President $17,500 $17,200 2024
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $78,119 2023
Vivante Espero NC$295,530 President $23,086 $27,506 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $76,493 2023
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $117,872 2023
Cross-movement Legacy Initiative CA$290,000 President $205,000 $198,264 2024
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $120,746 2024
Oklahoma Donor Alliance Inc OK$283,764 Executive Director $84,000 $103,597 2024
Bipartisan Climate Action DC$283,645 President $5,654 $5,557 2024
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $97,860 2024
1 Million Madly Motivated Moms NV$276,045 President $59,583 $66,893 2024
Organization For Polyamory And CA$275,610 Executive Dir. $69,173 $68,876 2023
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $48,794 2024
Dont Shoot Portland OR$273,365 Program Direct $160,000 $171,334 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $173,323 2023
World Without Hate Inc WA$266,442 Founder & President $38,000 $39,230 2023
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $87,581 2023
Formed Foundation DC$255,102 Director $27,500 $27,028 2024
No More A Stranger Foundation UT$254,010 Executive Director $45,831 $52,537 2024
Move To Amend CA$253,286 Director $4,800 $4,780 2023
The Echo Foundation NC$401,989 President $191,000 $227,570 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Robert Seda-schreiber) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $130,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.