Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joy Degruy, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 163 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: Joy Degruy — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 OR cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Cultural Center Tea House & | MI | $495,853 | Executive Director | $23,074 | $26,325 | 2024 |
| German-american Society Of Trenton | NJ | $498,276 | Trustee | $1,682 | $1,708 | 2023 |
| Foundation For Korean Language & Culture In The Usa | CA | $494,664 | Secretary | $43,091 | $41,128 | 2024 |
| New York Chinese Cultural Center Inc | NY | $493,915 | Executive Director | $85,500 | $85,397 | 2024 |
| Charro Days Inc | TX | $499,901 | Executive Director | $44,000 | $47,395 | 2025 |
| Japan-america Society Of Tennessee | TN | $492,666 | President | $86,009 | $99,929 | 2024 |
| Igogo International | IN | $492,085 | President | $125,000 | $145,702 | 2024 |
| Enrich Chicago | IL | $489,079 | Executive Director | $89,889 | $97,678 | 2024 |
| Hospitality Center For Chinese | MN | $504,509 | Executive Director | $71,004 | $75,550 | 2025 |
| Alliance Francaise De St Louis | MO | $504,539 | Executive Director | $86,737 | $101,543 | 2024 |
| Latinos United For A New America | CA | $487,880 | Co-director | $87,517 | $83,530 | 2024 |
| Subject Matter Inc | NY | $487,822 | Co-executive Director | $60,000 | $59,928 | 2024 |
| Korean American Center | CA | $506,498 | Ceo | $67,500 | $64,425 | 2024 |
| The Westerners The First People Of | CA | $486,134 | President & Ceo | $141,242 | $134,807 | 2024 |
| Korean Performing Arts Institute Of Chicago | IL | $483,721 | Education Director | $36,375 | $39,527 | 2024 |
| Na Maka Haloa O Waipio | HI | $483,586 | President | $71,200 | $72,541 | 2023 |
| Green Card Voices | MN | $509,876 | Co-director | $84,815 | $92,633 | 2024 |
| Silence Is Violence Fka New Orleans | LA | $511,548 | Executive Director | $70,526 | $85,837 | 2024 |
| Aleut International Association | AK | $481,180 | Executive Di | $80,859 | $85,446 | 2024 |
| Black Hills Powwow Association | SD | $512,183 | Vice President | $3,190 | $3,891 | 2024 |
| Maine-wabanaki Reach | ME | $513,806 | Executive Dir. | $29,980 | $32,327 | 2025 |
| Stone Soup Leadership Institute Inc | MA | $514,585 | Secretary | $90,000 | $89,393 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Japanese American Family | NY | $514,591 | President | $34,776 | $35,760 | 2023 |
| Brasil Brasil Cultural Center | CA | $477,881 | Director | $50,600 | $48,295 | 2024 |
| Alliance Francaise De Denver | CO | $517,427 | Executive Di | $87,548 | $92,789 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2025 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 OR 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 15th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 16th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 15th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 15th |
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.
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
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.