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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Asian American Media Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874114362
CA · NTEE A30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Randall Yip, Executive Director / CEO ($99,512) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Randall Yip — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,232 total compensation of comparable organizations → $337,309 $99,512
$26,36710th
$45,57625th
$66,000Median
$95,15475th
$111,29690th
$99,512This org · 81st
p10$26,367
p25$45,576
p50$66,000
p75$95,154
p90$111,296
$99,512

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 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
Feet In 2 Worlds Inc NY$281,470 President $38,640 $40,436 2024
Just Facts Inc TX$282,819 President $133,322 $154,445 2024
Kiowa County Ks Media Center KS$288,920 Creative Director $52,134 $65,225 2024
Fraser Valley Community Media Inc CO$271,734 Executive Director $43,000 $47,750 2024
5 Stone Media MN$291,829 Executive Dir. $84,932 $97,188 2024
Cicero Independiente Nfp IL$292,904 President $60,000 $70,329 2023
Mission Rise Inc CA$265,521 President & Ceo $66,000 $66,000 2024
The Record Community News Group IL$298,634 Treasurer $86,961 $99,007 2024
The Fallon Post NV$260,755 President $40,005 $47,811 2023
The Pulp MT$260,024 Co-publisher $80,000 $99,867 2024
Granite State News Collaborative NH$302,569 Executive Director $40,831 $43,662 2024
Lexicon Of Sustainability Inc CA$258,554 President $46,153 $46,153 2024
Unicorn Riot MN$303,413 Board Chair $79,712 $91,215 2024
Double Portion Media CA$257,101 Ceo $43,600 $43,600 2024
Lion Speaks OR$304,834 Executive Director $71,700 $77,110 2024
Action Youth Media Incorporated MD$304,953 Executive Director $83,540 $93,120 2023
Massachusetts Media Fund Inc MA$306,429 Director $42,800 $44,540 2024
Rightside Holdings Inc AL$306,646 President $108,750 $140,077 2023
Rattapallax Inc NY$307,210 President $43,000 $44,998 2024
Arizona Center For Investigative Reporting AZ$307,633 Executive Director And Editor $75,000 $85,998 2023
Southwest Washington Lulac Foundation WA$308,504 Executive Director $95,220 $98,727 2024
Reckoning Inc KY$253,107 President Executive Director $66,950 $85,760 2023
Northeast Access Committee VT$310,435 Director $43,373 $52,050 2023
Microbetv Inc NY$312,135 President $72,000 $75,346 2024
Explorer's Bible Study Association TN$317,344 Executive Di $84,677 $103,077 2024

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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Randall Yip) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $99,512 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.