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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Aakoma Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834378040
VA · NTEE B01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Alfiee Breland-noble, Executive Director / CEO ($247,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Dr Alfiee Breland-noble — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$989 total compensation of comparable organizations → $172,051 $247,500
$10,18410th
$23,55225th
$42,634Median
$68,70075th
$102,59790th
$247,500This org · 100th
p10$10,184
p25$23,552
p50$42,634
p75$68,700
p90$102,597
$247,500

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 VA 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
Oshkosh Chamber Of Commerce Foundation WI$159,582 Ceo / Secretary $8,370 $9,053 2024
Allison Rose Foundation OH$165,161 Executive Director $25,000 $27,424 2024
Native Health In Native Hands CA$157,393 President $31,800 $29,279 2023
Our Dyslexic Children Inc OH$156,599 President $10,000 $11,293 2023
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence DE$166,353 Executive Director $54,444 $55,212 2024
Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance TX$155,544 Executive Director $74,888 $79,876 2023
Massachusetts Assoc Of Regional MA$154,204 Executive Di $24,000 $21,760 2025
Pure & Simple Truth For Youth Inc KS$153,905 Executive Di $24,475 $27,385 2024
Blackcomputeherorg MD$148,199 President & Treasurer $10,500 $10,467 2023
Prince Georges Leadership Action MD$137,500 Lead Senior $80,040 $75,503 2025
Anchor Of Hope Foundation GA$133,912 Secretary $43,038 $44,818 2024
Kentucky Financial Empowerment KY$198,771 Executive Director $95,000 $108,829 2023
First State Educate Action Fund Inc DE$123,000 Executive Director $67,207 $68,155 2024
Indiana Urban Schools Assoc Ii Inc IN$201,525 Executive Director $95,750 $104,577 2024
Pde Action VA$205,000 Executive Director $8,876 $8,876 2024
Bli Learning Labs Incorporated FL$205,474 Executive Director $44,978 $42,634 2025
Iowa Association Of Christian Schools IA$205,486 Executive Director $60,000 $66,286 2025
Frontline Policy Action Inc GA$209,827 President $31,106 $33,350 2023
Iowa Leaders In Education And Advocacy IA$112,650 Executive Director $31,558 $35,787 2024
South Carolina First Steps To SC$211,612 Executive Di $62,000 $68,968 2023
Maine Donor Alliance Fund ME$215,743 Executive Director $35,000 $37,370 2023
Es Of Choice GA$216,046 Director $950 $989 2024
Law And Public Safety Education GA$217,301 Treasurer $95,233 $102,102 2023
The American Lyceum VA$218,680 President $167,115 $172,051 2023
South Carolina First Steps To SC$221,612 Executive Di $57,083 $63,498 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Dr Alfiee Breland-noble) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $247,500 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.