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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Race Forward Action Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920898880
NY · NTEE R01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Glenn Harris, Executive Director / CEO ($35,568) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$624 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,614 $35,568
$17,77410th
$41,55225th
$83,364Median
$110,30175th
$138,84590th
$35,568This org · 22nd
p10$17,774
p25$41,552
p50$83,364
p75$110,301
p90$138,845
$35,568

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 NY 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
Womens Diversity Network Inc NY$411,630 Founder/board Member $83,987 $86,468 2023
Progressnow New Mexico NM$411,737 Executive Di $8,177 $10,021 2023
Street Democracy MI$419,050 President $32,200 $36,780 2024
Farm-to-consumer Legal Defense Fund VA$419,440 Executive Director $81,314 $89,452 2023
Eries Black Wall Street PA$390,139 President Director $45,374 $51,553 2023
Inclusion Nextwork Inc DC$387,840 Executive Director $92,808 $90,128 2024
Progress Mo MO$380,637 Executive Di $55,254 $64,764 2024
Abortion Survivors Network Inc MO$379,252 Ceo Non-voting Board Member $77,000 $90,253 2024
New York Jewish Agenda Inc NY$375,561 Executive Director $137,680 $137,680 2024
Shock The System Foundation CA$444,916 Ceo, Cfo, Secretary $18,600 $17,774 2024
Change Illinois IL$369,571 Executive Director $127,880 $135,543 2025
Florida Policy Project Inc FL$366,341 Executive Di $52,500 $56,192 2023
Diaspora Alliance Inc NY$363,412 President $15,000 $15,000 2024
Girl Plus Environment Corporation GA$362,679 Executive Director $83,076 $90,058 2025
Virginia Learns VA$454,700 President An $205,997 $226,614 2023
Unity In Action NE$345,286 Director $68,029 $83,364 2023
Eternal Vigilance Action Inc GA$472,017 Ceo Director Key Employee $121,200 $138,845 2023
Death Penalty Action NY$478,459 Executive Director $87,800 $87,800 2024
Voices For A Safer Tennessee Coalit TN$480,086 Executive Di $35,754 $41,591 2024
North Carolina For The People NC$481,336 Executive Director And Board Chair $104,960 $120,018 2024
Californians For Equal Rights Foundation CA$332,550 Executive Director $157,688 $150,686 2024
Colorado Democracy Alliance CO$331,875 Executive Director $108,301 $118,318 2023
La Fuerza Nc NC$328,308 Executive Director $26,629 $30,449 2024
Youth Outright Wnc Inc NC$489,293 Coexecutive $58,293 $66,656 2024
Wanton Injustice Legal Detail MN$323,854 Executive Director And President $16,415 $17,950 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Glenn Harris) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,568 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.