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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Black Socialists Of America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843589987
NY · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Cook, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) 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 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Cook — reported title “Executive Director”, 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

$88 total compensation of comparable organizations → $580,600 $70,000
$6,14310th
$27,70125th
$38,791Median
$68,53275th
$90,88190th
$70,000This org · 76th
p10$6,143
p25$27,701
p50$38,791
p75$68,532
p90$90,881
$70,000

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 NY 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
Campaign Legal Center Action DC$62,705 President $45,477 $44,164 2023
Maxcen-maxmath Women Society Inc Oklahoma Branch OK$65,539 Ceo $5,190 $6,143 2024
Black Lives Matter Grassroots Inc CA$55,514 President $40,000 $37,127 2024
Real Property Alliance IL$53,737 Ceo/secretary $549,419 $580,600 2024
Commonwealth Long Term Care Foundation VA$53,038 President $25,925 $27,701 2023
Stronger Together Movement Inc OK$52,184 Executive Director $67,380 $82,107 2023
Be Ready Inc NJ$51,681 Executive Director $35,889 $34,443 2024
La Voice Action CA$49,567 Executive Director $71,717 $68,532 2023
Gare Global Alliance For The Rights CA$48,692 Executive Director $42,000 $38,983 2024
Truth Wins Out Inc FL$48,207 President $40,615 $42,224 2023
Action For A Progressive Future CA$80,198 National Director $25,699 $24,558 2023
Maine Civic Action ME$47,054 Executive Di $38,163 $42,290 2023
Arizonans Concerned About Smoking Inc AZ$44,255 Executive Director $37,525 $38,791 2024
Comite Pro 1 CA$44,030 Owner $1,890 $1,754 2024
Right To Life Of So Indiana Educ Fd IN$84,461 Exec Directorpresident $30,300 $34,347 2024
Human Coalition Action TX$42,792 Executive Director $13,918 $15,407 2023
Next Steps Florida Inc FL$85,258 Executive Di $90,000 $90,881 2024
Grassroots Global Justice Action CA$90,460 Secret. Trea $92 $88 2023
We Are All Criminals MN$90,485 Executive Director $88,988 $97,308 2023
Ka'ohana O Kalaupapa HI$93,050 Executive Di $28,850 $27,764 2024
Institute For Research On Presidential Elections CA$94,829 Vice President, Director $84,000 $80,270 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Daniel Cook) 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 $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.