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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maasha Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850918123
MA · NTEE E70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Praveen Hariharan, Executive Director / CEO ($146,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 120 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Praveen Hariharan — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

120 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 120 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$111 total compensation of comparable organizations → $308,987 $146,500
$13,21110th
$41,15125th
$71,930Median
$100,47675th
$123,70090th
$146,500This org · 93rd
p10$13,211
p25$41,151
p50$71,930
p75$100,476
p90$123,700
$146,500

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 MA 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
Modern Spirit Organization Inc AZ$265,847 Executive Dir. $85,000 $88,359 2024
Global Health Promise OR$262,465 Director And President Of The $12,300 $12,711 2023
California Coalition For Harm Reduction CA$272,222 Chief Executive Office $331,050 $308,987 2024
Ann Arbor Community Acupuncture MI$257,333 President $59,413 $68,243 2023
Delta Epsilon Mu VA$254,475 National President $3,250 $3,392 2024
Adams County Memorial Hospital IN$276,484 Executive Director $25,305 $29,696 2023
Springs Community Acupuncture Inc CO$251,731 President $67,760 $70,230 2024
Ohio Public Health Association OH$250,781 Executive Di $43,394 $51,146 2023
East Hawaii Health Pharmacy HI$279,924 President $54,959 $54,757 2023
American Friends Of Hala OH$250,158 Trustee $104,196 $122,811 2023
New Mexico Alive NM$250,000 President $12,000 $14,363 2023
Yoga Sanctuary MN$280,633 Exective Dir $14,333 $15,309 2024
Just Health Action WA$249,556 President $101,146 $97,882 2024
Integrate For Good Inc PA$249,498 Executive Director $124,615 $138,291 2023
Minority Organ And Tissue Transplant OH$281,229 President And Ceo $51,618 $59,094 2024
National Public Health Information Coalition Inc GA$246,111 Executive Director $50,037 $54,381 2024
North Carolina Business Group On Health Inc NC$246,012 President $88,550 $98,898 2024
Empire Liver Foundation Inc NY$245,281 President / $49,917 $48,755 2024
Little Urban Smiles Inc MO$244,718 Treasurer/secretary $6,000 $6,869 2024
Living Well Foundation MO$286,403 Ceo $174,081 $199,294 2024
Bartow Health Access Inc GA$286,417 Executive Director $28,600 $31,083 2024
Oral Health Florida Inc FL$243,740 Vice Chair $750 $761 2024
Scenic Rivers Area Health Education WI$287,248 Executive Director $84,732 $95,649 2024
Hope Health And Wellness Center Qalicb TX$242,341 Director/ceo $24,592 $26,589 2024
West Virginia Healthy Kids And Families Coalition WV$289,950 Executive Director $48,030 $57,871 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Praveen Hariharan) 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 120 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $146,500 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.