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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Refugee Coalition

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830977387
IL · NTEE P01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alisa Bhachu, Executive Director / CEO ($22,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alisa Bhachu — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15,347 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,035 $22,750
$30,22810th
$49,73625th
$68,384Median
$84,10975th
$100,24690th
$22,750This org · 8th
p10$30,228
p25$49,736
p50$68,384
p75$84,109
p90$100,246
$22,750

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 IL 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
Justice For Girls Coalition Of Washington State WA$329,017 Executive Director $89,036 $83,479 2023
Travel Unity Inc NY$310,772 Executive Director $211,104 $194,035 2024
Mapp Inc CT$309,595 President $77,090 $75,693 2023
Tri-lakes Center For Independent NY$307,890 Executive Di $42,974 $39,499 2024
Families In Action For Justice CA$300,000 Ceo $28,210 $25,509 2023
The Health & Housing Consortiuminc NY$294,677 Executive Director $111,762 $105,760 2023
The Groundswell Group Inc NY$287,248 Chief Execut $93,450 $85,894 2024
Triumphant Hands Inc NY$287,036 Executive Director $91,508 $84,109 2024
Youmominc FL$273,158 President $16,061 $15,347 2024
Organizacion Latina Trans In Texas TX$269,622 Executive Director $103,712 $108,642 2023
Wichitas Littlest Heroes KS$371,868 Executive Director $65,889 $72,405 2024
Mississippians Against Human Trafficking MS$267,157 Executive Director $50,000 $58,317 2023
Ten Toes In CA$378,175 Executive Di $69,571 $61,106 2024
Second Nurture CT$380,391 Executive Director & Trustee $92,443 $88,164 2024
My Brother's Keeper Task Force Inc MA$384,360 Co-president & Director $19,125 $17,998 2023
The Truth Project Inc TX$243,200 Founder And Ceo $69,151 $70,360 2024
National Partnership For Women DC$404,000 President $47,983 $42,830 2024
Women In Technology Of Northwest Arkansas AR$226,659 President & Founder $43,500 $49,736 2024
Green Mountain Self Advocates Inc VT$414,661 Administrative Director $52,000 $54,811 2023
Alaska Family Council AK$416,426 Executive Director $78,000 $78,093 2023
Casa Of Laramie County WY$217,929 Executive Di $60,982 $68,384 2023
Farmily NV$215,106 Executive Director $61,006 $62,201 2024
Umoja Village SC$431,368 Ceo Cofounder $34,147 $37,306 2023
Forward Justice Action Network NC$439,971 Co-director $50,137 $52,694 2024
North Carolina Values Coalition NC$468,733 Executive Di $84,999 $91,974 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Alisa Bhachu) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,750 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.