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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Based Politics Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874207995
GA · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hannah Cox, Executive Director / CEO ($75,540) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,086 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,814 $75,540
$15,51510th
$32,10625th
$62,710Median
$84,70975th
$120,18390th
$75,540This org · 63rd
p10$15,515
p25$32,106
p50$62,710
p75$84,709
p90$120,183
$75,540

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 GA 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
Wanton Injustice Legal Detail MN$323,854 Executive Director And President $16,415 $15,669 2024
La Fuerza Nc NC$328,308 Executive Director $26,629 $26,580 2024
Colorado Democracy Alliance CO$331,875 Executive Director $108,301 $103,281 2023
Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition IA$304,816 President $99,410 $105,148 2024
Californians For Equal Rights Foundation CA$332,550 Executive Director $157,688 $131,536 2024
Investigations Bureau DE$300,171 President And Treasurer $42,373 $42,955 2022
Greater Spokane Progress WA$299,949 Executive Director $63,875 $56,876 2023
Unity In Action NE$345,286 Director $68,029 $72,770 2023
Greater Spokane Action WA$291,825 Executive Dir. $25,028 $22,286 2023
Ella Baker Center Action Fund CA$283,872 Secretary And Director $12,226 $10,198 2024
Future Georgia Inc Dba Georgia Values Action GA$276,804 Chair $136,844 $132,918 2024
Girl Plus Environment Corporation GA$362,679 Executive Director $83,076 $78,613 2025
Diaspora Alliance Inc NY$363,412 President $15,000 $13,094 2024
Florida Policy Project Inc FL$366,341 Executive Di $52,500 $49,051 2023
Change Illinois IL$369,571 Executive Director $127,880 $118,317 2025
American Constitutional Rights Union FL$263,886 President/ceo $22,500 $20,418 2024
New York Jewish Agenda Inc NY$375,561 Executive Director $137,680 $120,183 2024
Rise Foundation VA$260,769 Executive Di $34,375 $33,010 2023
Abortion Survivors Network Inc MO$379,252 Ceo Non-voting Board Member $77,000 $78,783 2024
Progress Mo MO$380,637 Executive Di $55,254 $56,534 2024
Advancement Project Action Fund DC$250,000 President, Executive Director $47,237 $40,043 2024
Inclusion Nextwork Inc DC$387,840 Executive Director $92,808 $78,673 2024
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $84,709 2023
Eries Black Wall Street PA$390,139 President Director $45,374 $45,002 2023
Fundamedios Inc DC$243,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,000 $5,086 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Hannah Cox) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,540 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.