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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Burning Cedar Sovereign Kitchen Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874610186
OK · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Albert, Executive Director / CEO ($63,183) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 144 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: Nicole Albert — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

144 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 144 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,327 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,017 $63,183
$6,14110th
$17,48825th
$37,542Median
$57,53275th
$73,69190th
$63,183This org · 81st
p10$6,141
p25$17,488
p50$37,542
p75$57,532
p90$73,691
$63,183

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 OK 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
Center For Latino-jewish Relations TX$250,928 Secretary And Treasurer $10,500 $9,820 2023
Lincoln Crossroads Festival NE$253,480 Board President $2,200 $2,212 2023
Agritech Institute For Small VT$253,817 Secretary, T $168,494 $154,017 2024
Harambee Kingston Ny NY$249,748 Ceo/executive Director $75,824 $62,224 2024
Sri Poojalaya Cultural And Community Cen CA$256,325 Ceo $48,000 $37,641 2024
Halau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc HI$256,455 President $14,996 $12,193 2024
Race Matters Slo County CA$256,465 Executive Director $30,067 $24,275 2023
Torch Literary Arts TX$247,648 Executive Director $74,750 $69,911 2023
Menddigap Inc NY$247,501 President & Director $5,230 $4,418 2023
The Progressive Forum TX$257,151 Director $33,000 $29,978 2024
Italingua Institute CA$246,445 President $78,452 $63,338 2023
Finnish Center Association MI$258,337 Treasurer $9,479 $8,885 2024
Ri Slave History Medallions RI$245,607 Executive Director $51,756 $45,070 2024
Relentless Academy MN$259,244 Excutive Director $57,120 $52,771 2023
American Arab Heritage Council MI$244,639 Executive Director $54,231 $52,336 2023
African American Cultural Center NY$244,009 President $6,000 $5,069 2023
American Foundation For Tibetan Cultural CA$261,527 Ceo $12,500 $9,802 2024
Fathers And Sons Together WA$261,803 Executive Director $80,600 $65,534 2024
Swedish Women's Educational Association International Inc FL$242,316 Chief Administrative Officer $72,960 $64,084 2023
Liberty Place Inc VI$264,018 Executive Director $52,664 $52,664 2024
Korean American Association And TX$269,225 Board Member $9,000 $8,176 2024
Red Earth Inc OK$270,989 Executive Di $43,306 $43,306 2024
Irish Heritage Center OH$271,167 Director $4,700 $4,655 2023
Shep-ty CA$272,124 Executive Dir. $115,189 $90,330 2024
Experimental Chinese School VA$231,403 Academics $2,750 $2,349 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Nicole Albert) 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 144 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,183 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.