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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

1848 Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844343732
WI · NTEE R19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Kleefisch, Executive Director / CEO ($157,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 403 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Kleefisch — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

403 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 403 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,582 total compensation of comparable organizations → $304,858 $157,000
$18,22610th
$37,84925th
$66,747Median
$93,25575th
$121,52190th
$157,000This org · 96th
p10$18,226
p25$37,849
p50$66,747
p75$93,255
p90$121,521
$157,000

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 WI 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
Abortion Survivors Network Inc MO$379,252 Ceo Non-voting Board Member $77,000 $78,090 2024
Constitutional Rights Foundation Of CA$379,628 Executive Director $64,266 $53,136 2024
Chelan- Douglas County Casagal WA$380,005 Executive Dir. $75,450 $64,681 2024
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $41,715 2024
Progress Mo MO$380,637 Executive Di $55,254 $56,036 2024
Este Poder TX$380,909 Executive Dir. $70,929 $67,937 2024
New York Jewish Agenda Inc NY$375,561 Executive Director $137,680 $119,126 2024
The Equality Alliance TX$375,216 Executive Director $65,414 $64,505 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $148,176 2023
Utah Ranked Choice Voting UT$373,563 Executive Dir. $102,810 $103,730 2023
Montana Two Spirit Society MT$373,292 Executive Director $24,820 $25,618 2024
New Jersey Advocates For Aging Well Inc NJ$373,265 Executive Director $95,785 $81,888 2024
Everything Policy Inc NJ$384,838 Secretary $34,655 $30,502 2023
Modern Military Association Of America DC$372,502 Executive Dir. $168,747 $141,790 2024
Cincinnati Right To Life Educational OH$372,490 Exec. Director $61,254 $62,121 2024
The Signals Network Inc CA$372,361 Executive Director $100,266 $82,902 2024
Black Queer Town Hall CA$372,204 Chair $5,000 $4,256 2023
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $74,874 2023
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $83,662 2024
Safety & Health Council Of Greater Weste MO$386,625 Secretary $84,011 $85,201 2024
Naya Action Fund OR$386,896 Executive Director $18,903 $17,305 2023
Inclusion Nextwork Inc DC$387,840 Executive Director $92,808 $77,982 2024
Change Illinois IL$369,571 Executive Director $127,880 $117,278 2025
National Council On Civil Advocacy Inc DC$389,315 Executive Officer $86,194 $74,564 2023
Cleveland Right To Life OH$389,849 Executive Di $75,459 $76,528 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Rebecca Kleefisch) 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 403 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $157,000 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.