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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kaitlin A Kazanjian Memorial

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880917952
FL · NTEE W12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Kazanjian, Executive Director / CEO ($12,140) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 354 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

354 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 354 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$145 total compensation of comparable organizations → $641,405 $12,140
$10,26010th
$23,63625th
$51,967Median
$90,69875th
$123,82090th
$12,140This org · 13th
p10$10,260
p25$23,636
p50$51,967
p75$90,698
p90$123,820
$12,140

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 FL 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
Ventura County Leadership Academy CA$258,726 Executive Director $136,277 $122,034 2025
Utah Veterans Alliance UT$258,394 President $46,600 $50,769 2024
Humanist Mutual Aid Network CA$258,873 Executive Dir. $4,972 $4,570 2024
Joint Service Special Operations MT$258,941 Executive Di $40,000 $45,898 2024
Coalition For Open Democracy NH$258,105 Excutive Director $60,414 $61,135 2023
Center For Freedom And Prosperity VA$257,351 Chairman & President $39,650 $41,956 2023
Free State Project Inc NH$256,959 Executive Director $3,750 $3,795 2023
The Jackson Institute Inc GA$256,657 Chairman $142,041 $152,029 2024
American Legion Post #144 MI$256,579 Office Manager $30,913 $33,965 2024
Leadership Oakland MI$260,741 Executive Director $82,000 $90,096 2024
Ptda Foundation IL$261,016 Executive Director $27,174 $29,278 2023
Black Leadership & Legacies Inc IN$256,064 President $61,500 $69,037 2024
C4c Oakland Action Inc CA$261,369 Org. Director $37,917 $34,853 2024
Mattersville CO$255,780 President & Ceo $11,500 $12,085 2023
Downtown On The Go WA$261,683 Executive Director $58,657 $57,554 2023
Guardianship Corp NY$261,698 President $135,000 $129,856 2024
American Federation Of State County And UT$255,357 Organizer $61,875 $69,403 2023
Lorena-lemon-burns Water Association MS$254,198 President $600 $711 2024
Tipey Joa Native Warriors CA$253,607 President $55,000 $50,555 2024
Leadership Ashtabula County Inc OH$252,148 Executive Director $63,059 $73,196 2023
Shootout For Soldiers Inc TX$265,237 President $37,852 $40,305 2024
Customers First Coalition Inc WI$265,677 Executive Director/directo $156,125 $178,693 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department DE$266,283 Service Offi $60,000 $60,925 2025
Patriot Military Family Foundation NC$250,832 Executive Director $19,500 $22,081 2023
Alltrust Payee Corporation Inc FL$266,537 President $25,490 $25,490 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
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 (John Kazanjian) 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 354 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,140 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.