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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833411170
DC · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Trevor Potter, Executive Director / CEO ($45,477) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Trevor Potter — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$91 total compensation of comparable organizations → $597,867 $45,477
$6,32610th
$28,52525th
$39,945Median
$72,08275th
$93,58490th
$45,477This org · 67th
p10$6,326
p25$28,525
p50$39,945
p75$72,082
p90$93,584
$45,477

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 DC 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
Black Socialists Of America NY$63,862 Executive Director $70,000 $72,082 2023
Maxcen-maxmath Women Society Inc Oklahoma Branch OK$65,539 Ceo $5,190 $6,326 2024
Black Lives Matter Grassroots Inc CA$55,514 President $40,000 $38,231 2024
Real Property Alliance IL$53,737 Ceo/secretary $549,419 $597,867 2024
Commonwealth Long Term Care Foundation VA$53,038 President $25,925 $28,525 2023
Stronger Together Movement Inc OK$52,184 Executive Director $67,380 $84,549 2023
Be Ready Inc NJ$51,681 Executive Director $35,889 $35,467 2024
La Voice Action CA$49,567 Executive Director $71,717 $70,571 2023
Gare Global Alliance For The Rights CA$48,692 Executive Director $42,000 $40,143 2024
Truth Wins Out Inc FL$48,207 President $40,615 $43,480 2023
Maine Civic Action ME$47,054 Executive Di $38,163 $43,547 2023
Action For A Progressive Future CA$80,198 National Director $25,699 $25,288 2023
Arizonans Concerned About Smoking Inc AZ$44,255 Executive Director $37,525 $39,945 2024
Comite Pro 1 CA$44,030 Owner $1,890 $1,807 2024
Human Coalition Action TX$42,792 Executive Director $13,918 $15,865 2023
Essential Workers For Democracy WA$42,786 Executive Director $90,050 $86,938 2025
Right To Life Of So Indiana Educ Fd IN$84,461 Exec Directorpresident $30,300 $35,368 2024
Next Steps Florida Inc FL$85,258 Executive Di $90,000 $93,584 2024
Grassroots Global Justice Action CA$90,460 Secret. Trea $92 $91 2023
We Are All Criminals MN$90,485 Executive Director $88,988 $100,202 2023
Ka'ohana O Kalaupapa HI$93,050 Executive Di $28,850 $28,590 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC cost of living and 2023 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 DC 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Trevor Potter) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,477 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.