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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kurdish Peace Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843826676
VA · NTEE P84
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Giran Ozcan, Executive Director / CEO ($143,982) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,359 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,680 $143,982
$20,26310th
$37,29525th
$57,487Median
$77,43575th
$98,30590th
$143,982This org · 99th
p10$20,263
p25$37,295
p50$57,487
p75$77,435
p90$98,305
$143,982

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
Our Helpers OH$323,546 Chief Executive Officer $80,000 $87,756 2024
Southeast Asian Healing Center Incorporated WI$323,383 Executive Director $39,000 $42,184 2024
Southeast Immigrant Rights Network Inc GA$333,246 Co-director $109,848 $114,392 2024
Family Bridge Inc GA$310,578 Ceo $35,750 $37,229 2024
Centreville Immigration Forum VA$345,591 Executive Di $104,692 $104,692 2024
Maine Labor And Resource Center ME$309,427 Executive Director $61,506 $63,786 2024
Three Feathers Associates OK$307,578 Exec. Dir/treasurer $75,000 $85,532 2024
Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc NY$349,328 Executive Director $47,180 $44,155 2024
Khmer Maine ME$300,400 Executive Director $54,024 $56,027 2024
Centro Del Pueblo Movimiento Indigena Migrante CA$300,186 Executive Director $44,750 $41,203 2023
Immigration Advocacy & CT$296,904 Executive Dir. $37,500 $37,491 2023
Immigo CA$294,402 Ceo $45,450 $40,647 2024
Latino Resources Inc IA$363,673 Executive Dir. $24,000 $27,216 2024
Polish American Club Of Deerfield MA$290,149 President $4,550 $4,359 2023
Women Empowerment Coalition Of Nyc NY$288,599 Executive Director $76,500 $71,594 2024
Native American Indian Center Of Central Ohio Inc OH$288,360 Executive Director $40,000 $43,878 2024
Hanmi Family Counseling Center Inc CA$285,923 Ceo $19,797 $17,705 2024
Spanish Action League Of Onondaga County NY$371,786 President $101,710 $95,188 2024
Vitendo4africa MO$374,837 Executive Director And Ceo $60,000 $65,817 2024
Accent Network OR$280,860 President $71,400 $70,701 2023
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc CA$375,513 Executive Dir. $28,127 $25,898 2023
Newbridges Immigrant Resource VA$279,041 Executive Di $70,940 $70,940 2024
Refugee Assistance Alliance Inc FL$377,285 President $55,309 $53,813 2024
Immigration Services Of Mountain View CA$276,240 President $90,692 $81,107 2024
Polynesian Association Of Alaska Inc AK$272,041 President & Ceo $11,112 $11,003 2024

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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Giran Ozcan) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $143,982 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.