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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Flagstone Initiative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881233886
CA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shinichiro Inoue, Executive Director / CEO ($175,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $110,418 $175,000
$22,66910th
$46,62325th
$69,638Median
$81,04475th
$100,24790th
$175,000This org · 100th
p10$22,669
p25$46,623
p50$69,638
p75$81,044
p90$100,247
$175,000

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
Admin Hub CA$273,229 President/ceo $72,996 $72,996 2023
Peace For The Persecuted CA$296,669 President $3,000 $3,000 2023
Sunsar Maya Inc CA$270,320 Executive Director $70,000 $70,000 2023
The Blessing Center Inc CA$306,191 President $36,000 $34,967 2024
The Dominguez Dream In Memory Of CA$317,313 Executive Director $71,000 $68,963 2024
Biletnikoff Foundation CA$244,689 Executive Direc $73,500 $71,391 2024
Velocity Entrepreneurial Drive CA$239,741 Executive Di $110,000 $110,000 2023
Full Circle Fund CA$232,350 Executive Dir. $54,687 $54,687 2023
Creating Caring Communities CA$229,516 Executive Director $22,953 $22,294 2024
Shane Mcconkey Foundation CA$220,153 President $50,000 $48,566 2024
Gay For Good CA$348,240 Executive Director $88,535 $83,778 2025
Wounded Heroes Of America CA$214,144 President & Ceo $75,000 $72,848 2024
De Marchena-huyke Foundation CA$208,537 President & Ceo $24,000 $22,711 2025
Youth Business Alliance Inc CA$366,781 Executive Dir. $102,092 $99,163 2024
Million Kids CA$197,798 Director Ceo $42,000 $40,795 2024
Equality And Inclusion In Hospitality Inc CA$196,022 President/director $100,000 $97,131 2024
Cast Hope CA$387,121 Officer $82,500 $80,133 2024
Merlin's Magic Wand Foundation CA$398,879 Foundation Manager $71,322 $69,276 2024
The Dragon Kim Foundation CA$399,009 Chair-founder $113,679 $110,418 2024
Riverside County Physicians Memorial CA$400,463 Ceo $50,138 $48,700 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 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 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Shinichiro Inoue) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $175,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.