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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dark Bali

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825414542
CA · NTEE Q70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dalaina May, Executive Director / CEO ($64,618) 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 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dalaina May — reported title “Executive Dir.”, 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

$8,370 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,707 $64,618
$19,47910th
$29,07425th
$64,256Median
$96,74775th
$112,67490th
$64,618This org · 50th
p10$19,479
p25$29,074
p50$64,256
p75$96,747
p90$112,674
$64,618

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 CA 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
Accessibility Accelerator Inc NY$344,297 Executive Director $64,642 $67,646 2024
Foundation For Freedom WA$339,971 President $72,000 $74,652 2024
Hope Outreach International FL$345,598 Executive Director $38,400 $43,010 2023
Alight Alliance To Lead Impact In Global CO$333,478 Executive Director $118,421 $131,501 2024
If Americans Knew CA$331,563 President $71,108 $73,208 2023
Hostage Families Alliance DC$358,534 President $28,334 $28,794 2024
Siamak Pourzand Foundation MD$374,715 Executive Director $80,556 $87,217 2024
International Tibet Network CA$307,132 Executive Director $48,336 $49,764 2023
Eg Justice DC$379,194 Executive Dir. $93,500 $97,826 2023
The 88 Project IL$305,757 Executive Dir $95,413 $111,838 2023
Rescue Pink Inc TX$302,677 President $66,000 $78,715 2023
Women's Rights Without Frontiers MD$386,272 President $165,982 $179,707 2024
Friends Of The Congo DC$291,634 Executive Director $8,000 $8,370 2023
Peace And Hope International NC$397,264 Coo $25,000 $29,915 2024
Womens Voices Now Inc CA$400,966 Executive Dir. $68,354 $68,354 2024
South Texas Human Rights Center Inc TX$283,213 Board Treasurer $23,333 $27,030 2024
Smex Usa Inc DC$282,710 Ceo And Vice President Of The Board $22,000 $22,357 2024
Project Suma Inc GA$277,482 Intl Director $36,996 $43,079 2024
Africa School Assistance Project CO$276,789 Executive Director $90,600 $100,607 2024
Joseph And Evelyn Lowery Institute GA$410,128 Ceo/presiden $85,000 $98,976 2024
Inhr MI$273,808 Mr $9,555 $11,758 2023
Operation Broken Silence TN$413,074 Executive Dir. $50,000 $60,865 2024
Identify Inc GA$268,339 Director $78,000 $93,508 2023
Ensaaf CA$425,623 Co-director / Secretary Of Board $20,337 $20,337 2024
Bay Area Anti-trafficking Coalition CA$256,892 President $120,200 $120,200 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Dalaina May) 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 (Q70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,618 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.