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Compensation Comparability Determination

Alabama Forward

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853077637
AL · NTEE R02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deanna Fowler, Executive Director / CEO ($102,512) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 215 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Deanna Fowler — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

215 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 215 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,968 total compensation of comparable organizations → $486,738 $102,512
$44,40110th
$94,02725th
$133,526Median
$187,79475th
$247,72690th
$102,512This org · 29th
p10$44,401
p25$94,027
p50$133,526
p75$187,794
p90$247,726
$102,512

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 AL 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
Hispanas Organized For Political CA$3,725,688 Chief Executive Officer $226,386 $180,948 2024
The African American Policy Forum Inc NY$3,723,249 President & Executive Director $167,187 $143,971 2023
New Voices Pittsburgh Inc PA$3,719,502 Executive Director (Ended 9/23) $179,640 $170,719 2023
Male Contraceptive Initiative NC$3,708,482 Executive Di $160,516 $153,522 2024
Initiating Change In Our Neighborhoods CA$3,754,153 President & Ceo $71,691 $57,302 2024
🔒 210 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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:

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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 13, 2026.