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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alaska Universal Service

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920166297
AK · NTEE Q022
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keegan Bernier, Executive Director / CEO ($52,864) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Keegan Bernier — reported title “AGENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,478 $52,864
$4,40510th
$12,62925th
$35,180Median
$60,53375th
$94,06690th
$52,864This org · 68th
p10$4,405
p25$12,629
p50$35,180
p75$60,533
p90$94,066
$52,864

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 AK 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
Funds For The Missions Inc TX$103,696 Chief Executive Officer $6,470 $6,969 2023
Chabad Lubavitch Of Moscow Inc NY$104,366 Director $12,500 $12,163 2023
Destined For Grace Children's Relief CA$104,521 Ceo $119,710 $105,334 2025
Puresa Humanitarian Corp FL$102,287 President $46,378 $45,571 2024
Viethope Inc CA$104,808 Vn Executive Director $33,034 $30,718 2023
Worldhope Corps Inc CA$104,857 Exec Director $24,000 $22,317 2023
International Assistance Ministries TX$105,175 Director $37,500 $40,395 2023
Institute For Asian Democracy DC$105,507 Director $86,596 $81,832 2023
Friends Of Tilonia Inc NY$105,527 President/ Exec Director $1,000 $921 2025
Elba Fire Department Inc NY$105,856 President $100 $95 2024
San Antonio Council For International Visitors TX$106,023 Executive Director $42,731 $44,709 2024
World Share Usa CA$100,888 President $43,000 $38,837 2024
Principe Productions Inc NY$100,781 Executive Director $168,000 $163,478 2023
Ukraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc MD$100,435 Managing Dir. $99,000 $96,811 2024
A Bridge For Africa Foundation CO$107,359 Co-exec Dir. $32,254 $31,516 2025
United States-asia Foundation DC$98,808 President $142,000 $134,187 2023
Los Alamos Study Group NM$97,422 Executive Director $3,333 $3,860 2023
Friends Of Hue CA$109,563 Program Manager $3,500 $3,254 2023
Mercys Action Mission Inc FL$111,914 President $15,000 $14,739 2024
International Friends Of Khm NY$112,780 Treasurer & Director $13,205 $12,481 2024
Inmed Partnerships For Children Inc WA$93,678 President $4,500 $4,214 2024
Solar Village Project Inc MD$113,596 President $36,928 $35,180 2025
Institute For International MI$113,629 Exec. Direct $8,000 $8,637 2024
Foundation For Restoring Womens TN$114,273 Medical Dir. $43,814 $49,594 2023
Angels' Haven Outreach CA$92,675 Executive Director $139,712 $126,187 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Keegan Bernier) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,864 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.