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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Indigenous Peoples Power Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850950676
OR · NTEE B01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Asa Wright, Executive Director / CEO ($78,023) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 86 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

86 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 86 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $293,990 $78,023
$15,44010th
$56,16025th
$81,404Median
$121,38075th
$151,46390th
$78,023This org · 47th
p10$15,440
p25$56,160
p50$81,404
p75$121,380
p90$151,463
$78,023

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 OR 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
Igg4ward Foundation MA$486,105 Director $500 $484 2023
Alabama Families For Great Schools AL$483,980 Director $141,320 $159,686 2024
Frontline Policy Council Inc GA$482,966 President $62,790 $67,985 2023
Special Books By Special Kids Inc FL$490,493 Director $299,204 $293,990 2024
South Carolina First Steps To SC$481,526 Executive Di $65,640 $73,739 2023
Smart Start Of Pender County NC$492,217 Executive Director $93,192 $103,690 2023
First Gen Scholars CA$479,860 President/executive Direct $79,063 $71,407 2024
Love Is Stronger Gv OR$494,996 Executive Director $38,966 $37,848 2024
Houghton Main Street Foundation DC$477,847 Director $2,000 $1,836 2024
Glep Education Fund MI$503,191 Treasurer $16,790 $18,661 2023
Greater Cincinnati Native American OH$503,460 Executive Di $70,769 $78,398 2024
Ri Women In The Trades RI$508,775 President $11,499 $11,532 2024
Smart Start Of Yadkin County Inc NC$509,390 Executive Director $82,691 $87,062 2025
Chowan Perquimans Smart Start Partnership NC$463,807 Executive Director $83,873 $90,644 2024
Mclain Association For Children CA$462,202 Ceo $91,000 $82,188 2024
Ne Steam Coalition OR$459,582 Executive Di $265,556 $257,937 2024
One Aim Illinois IL$517,792 Exective Director $91,750 $94,344 2024
The Kroussaw Foundation DC$449,643 President & Ceo $66,349 $59,327 2025
Collective Action For Education RI$525,131 Director & Chief Executive Officer $20,000 $20,058 2024
For This Time Ministries MI$525,752 Executive Director $118,329 $127,745 2024
Ammud The Joc Torah Academy Inc NY$525,911 Executive Director $131,105 $123,912 2024
National Latino Farmers And Ranchers DC$446,919 Chairman Of The Board $16,000 $14,685 2024
Choose Aerospace Inc OK$443,443 Executive Director $110,344 $127,084 2024
Bladen Smart Start-a Partnership For Children Inc NC$529,947 Interim Executive Director (Feb 2024 To Jun 2025) $64,950 $68,383 2025
Hs Connect WA$530,157 Executive Di $131,385 $123,033 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Asa Wright) 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 86 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,023 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.