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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Yuan Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874812150
MD · NTEE W24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ting Tang, Executive Director / CEO ($89,804) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ting Tang — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,813 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,239 $89,804
$12,69810th
$23,98625th
$39,064Median
$69,16575th
$98,74390th
$89,804This org · 83rd
p10$12,698
p25$23,986
p50$39,064
p75$69,165
p90$98,743
$89,804

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 MD 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
Rhode Island Center For Freedom And Prosperity Inc RI$229,988 Executive Director $86,500 $91,338 2023
Nm Voters First NM$213,100 Executive Director $24,000 $27,611 2024
Jefferson Democratic Club PA$199,248 Chairman $15,080 $16,085 2024
Free State Project Inc NH$256,959 Executive Director $3,750 $3,813 2023
Coalition For Open Democracy NH$258,105 Excutive Director $60,414 $61,430 2023
March On Harrisburg Education Fund PA$186,332 President $60,000 $65,890 2023
C4c Oakland Action Inc CA$261,369 Org. Director $37,917 $35,021 2024
The Institute For The Public Trust NC$179,813 Director $72,000 $79,575 2024
Ventura County Regional Defense Partnership CA$274,910 Co-chair Public Member $50,400 $45,351 2025
Center For Self Governance WA$168,132 Executive Director $27,702 $27,312 2023
Florida Coalition On Black Civic Participation Inc FL$159,191 President $42,900 $43,107 2024
Fundacion Agenda Ciudadana Inc PR$287,314 Treasurer $22,221 $22,877 2023
Committee For A Unified Independent NY$290,721 President & Ceo $145,093 $140,239 2024
American Liberty Foundation WI$150,000 Treasurer $5,200 $5,981 2023
Wyoming Donor Alliance WY$298,228 Executive Di $27,920 $32,924 2023
Taxpayer Foundation Of Oregon OR$321,399 Executive Director $113,450 $116,020 2023
Good Knights Inc OH$322,579 Executive Director $13,750 $15,577 2024
Bikewalk North Carolina NC$329,878 Executive Di $65,250 $70,256 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Ting Tang) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,804 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.