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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Korea Foundation International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 883166362
MN · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kenneth Bae, Executive Director / CEO ($9,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 145 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

145 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 145 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,932 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,459 $9,000
$14,70210th
$30,76625th
$55,311Median
$78,61675th
$101,65190th
$9,000This org · 6th
p10$14,702
p25$30,766
p50$55,311
p75$78,616
p90$101,651
$9,000

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 MN 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
Millennium Campus Network Inc MA$376,676 Executive Director $68,376 $60,399 2024
Ivu Med UT$378,022 Director $122,917 $120,476 2025
Global Seed Planters MN$378,056 President $54,467 $54,467 2023
Right Steps Inc GA$374,765 Executive Di $58,321 $57,644 2024
Friendship With Cambodia OR$374,761 Treasurer $93,113 $85,000 2024
Enchanted Peach Children's Foundation GA$380,018 Executive Director $75,000 $74,129 2024
Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation TX$380,640 President $3,140 $3,088 2024
Vision For The Poor PA$382,721 Exec. Dir/pres $14,400 $13,752 2025
International Association For Hospice And Palliative Care Inc TX$369,777 Executive Director $6,000 $6,074 2023
The Humanity Share Inc IL$368,692 Treasurer $59,573 $59,272 2023
Alongsideasia Inc GA$367,472 Trustee $31,000 $31,545 2023
Konbit Haiti AL$367,155 Co-executive Director $26,017 $27,630 2024
The Vimm Fund World Missions Dp Cog SC$367,138 Executive Director $9,906 $10,159 2024
Mayan Hands Foundation Ltd NY$386,658 Executive Director $60,000 $53,296 2024
Zara Initiative CA$387,011 Secretary Director Onsite Director $19,000 $16,128 2024
Rostropovich-vishnevskaya Foundation DC$387,111 Executive Director $262,528 $226,459 2024
Red Rhino Orphanage Project CA$387,749 Exec. Director $60,000 $50,929 2024
Be Free Revolution Inc TN$365,192 President $39,005 $40,303 2024
Apparent Project WA$364,312 President $10,500 $9,514 2023
Giao Diem Humanitarian Foundation Inc CA$363,955 Director $5,000 $4,244 2024
Iron Sharpens Iron Mentoring Inc NV$363,712 Executive Director $64,989 $64,035 2024
Africa Fire Mission OH$363,661 Executive Director $85,000 $88,497 2024
Reincorporated Nfp TX$363,645 President, Ceo $25,000 $25,309 2023
Fountains Of Hope International Inc IN$390,209 Executive Dir. $74,627 $77,360 2024
Charlies Lunch Ministries TX$391,005 Vice President $65,315 $64,224 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Kenneth Bae) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 145 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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 13, 2026.