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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advancement Project Action Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853230954
DC · NTEE R01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director / CEO ($47,237) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Judith Browne Dianis — reported title “PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,797 $47,237
$19,82310th
$41,87325th
$72,343Median
$111,73775th
$133,19990th
$47,237This org · 26th
p10$19,823
p25$41,873
p50$72,343
p75$111,737
p90$133,199
$47,237

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 DC 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
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $99,928 2023
Fundamedios Inc DC$243,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,000 $6,000 2024
Conservative Roundtable Of Texas TX$239,624 Executive Director $117,200 $133,598 2024
Rise Foundation VA$260,769 Executive Di $34,375 $38,940 2023
American Constitutional Rights Union FL$263,886 President/ceo $22,500 $24,087 2024
Goal Justice SC$233,753 Lead Organizer $63,000 $74,897 2024
Genequality Inc DE$232,828 Founder & Executive Director $75,000 $86,157 2023
Future Georgia Inc Dba Georgia Values Action GA$276,804 Chair $136,844 $156,797 2024
Oregon Alliance To Prevent Gun Violence For Safety OR$221,309 Executive Director $76,101 $82,914 2023
New Tolerance Campaign AZ$217,821 President $67,500 $73,976 2024
North Dakota Family Alliance ND$217,303 Executive Di $92,497 $115,673 2024
Ella Baker Center Action Fund CA$283,872 Secretary And Director $12,226 $12,031 2024
Mississippi Rising Coalition MS$215,781 President $44,450 $56,415 2024
Floridians For Alternatives To The Death FL$213,697 Executive Director $65,000 $69,585 2024
Muslimahs United OR$208,627 Executive Di $59,192 $64,490 2023
Greater Spokane Action WA$291,825 Executive Dir. $25,028 $26,289 2023
New Jersey Black Empowerment Coalition Inc NJ$207,388 Executive Director $130,000 $132,268 2024
Justice For Migrant Families Wny NY$206,494 Executive Dir. $57,316 $60,764 2023
New Path 1010 Inc GA$205,668 Executive Director $63,345 $70,710 2025
Greater Spokane Progress WA$299,949 Executive Director $63,875 $67,094 2023
Investigations Bureau DE$300,171 President And Treasurer $42,373 $50,672 2022
Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition IA$304,816 President $99,410 $124,039 2024
Black Arts Movement Business District Development CA$193,004 Executive Director $121,167 $122,752 2023
New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking Inc NJ$183,556 Vice President $23,150 $22,946 2025
Based Politics Inc GA$318,646 Ceo $75,540 $89,111 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Judith Browne Dianis) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,237 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.