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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Sankofa Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853716648
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Maisha Beasley, Executive Director / CEO ($128,565) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,554 $128,565
$18,10510th
$38,41325th
$70,746Median
$108,59975th
$132,94590th
$128,565This org · 88th
p10$18,105
p25$38,413
p50$70,746
p75$108,599
p90$132,945
$128,565

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 CA 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
Best Step Forward CA$502,408 President $67,190 $69,175 2023
Raise Funds Inc CA$488,176 Ceo $36,000 $36,000 2024
Southeast Asian Community Alliance CA$506,525 Board Member Executive Director $111,250 $111,250 2024
Fathers Table Mission CA$481,194 Secretary $48,000 $49,418 2023
Run 2 Rescue CA$515,231 Chairman $5,696 $5,696 2024
Neurotalent Works Inc CA$473,288 Executive Director $109,341 $112,571 2023
Girlventures CA$524,381 Executive Dir. $110,000 $110,000 2024
Kulungu For Congo CA$466,394 Executive Director $50,000 $48,711 2025
Catholic Worker Hospitality House CA$465,519 Director, Board Member $52,530 $52,530 2024
Creative World Art Center CA$529,181 Executive Director $44,575 $44,575 2024
Urban Voices Project CA$529,612 Executive Director $77,118 $77,118 2024
Kids Cures Foundation CA$533,185 Executive Director $2,610 $2,797 2022
Broom Homestead Inc CA$460,183 President & Ceo $98,000 $98,000 2024
Catalyst San Gabriel Valley Incorporated CA$459,052 Ceo $50,909 $52,413 2023
Community Working Group CA$457,355 Chief Real Estate Officer $28,315 $29,151 2023
Unite Here Local 11 Benefits CA$540,000 Fund Director $175,662 $180,851 2023
Alliance For Compassion And Educational CA$542,590 Secretary $127,492 $131,258 2023
Warfighter Made CA$451,431 Executive Dir. $62,100 $63,934 2023
Ben Lim Ministries CA$450,871 President & Pastor $37,300 $38,402 2023
Recovery Cafe Santa Cruz CA$450,603 Exec Dir/pre $17,920 $18,449 2023
Silver Lining Legacy CA$543,944 President $88,236 $90,842 2023
Seeds Of Love CA$449,576 President $36,159 $37,227 2023
San Gabriel Valley Foundation For Dental CA$546,900 Executive Dir. $36,798 $37,885 2023
Gettin Outta Dodge Ministry CA$547,085 President $114,444 $114,444 2024
Imago Dei Ministries CA$444,143 Executive Director $41,998 $43,239 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Dr Maisha Beasley) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $128,565 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.