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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Free Buryatia Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882161420
VA · NTEE R99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aleksandra Garmazhapova, Executive Director / CEO ($13,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 13 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

13 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 13 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,642 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,836 $13,000
$4,62110th
$15,21525th
$36,484Median
$47,16175th
$76,03890th
$13,000This org · 15th
p10$4,621
p25$15,215
p50$36,484
p75$47,161
p90$76,038
$13,000

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 VA 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
Justice For Wyandotte KS$33,597 Chief Executive Officer $14,000 $15,215 2024
Farmworker Enterprise Foundati CA$33,306 Board $2,500 $2,171 2024
Gold Anti-trust Action Committee Inc CT$40,029 Chairman $50,000 $47,161 2024
Library Freedom Inc PA$40,981 Executive Director $112,477 $112,836 2024
Essential Workers For Democracy WA$42,786 Executive Director $90,050 $79,013 2025
Human Coalition Action TX$42,792 Executive Director $13,918 $14,419 2023
Comite Pro 1 CA$44,030 Owner $1,890 $1,642 2024
Arizonans Concerned About Smoking Inc AZ$44,255 Executive Director $37,525 $36,304 2024
Maine Civic Action ME$47,054 Executive Di $38,163 $39,578 2023
Truth Wins Out Inc FL$48,207 President $40,615 $39,516 2023
Gare Global Alliance For The Rights CA$48,692 Executive Director $42,000 $36,484 2024
La Voice Action CA$49,567 Executive Director $71,717 $64,138 2023
Be Ready Inc NJ$51,681 Executive Director $35,889 $32,234 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Aleksandra Garmazhapova) 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 13 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.