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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gender Equality Network Usa Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920964075
DE · NTEE R24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of May Sabe Phyu, Executive Director / CEO ($16,599) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 384 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: May Sabe Phyu — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

384 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 384 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,687 total compensation of comparable organizations → $325,160 $16,599
$19,45110th
$39,52725th
$69,089Median
$96,40175th
$131,39890th
$16,599This org · 9th
p10$19,451
p25$39,527
p50$69,089
p75$96,401
p90$131,398
$16,599

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 DE 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
California Housing Defense Fund CA$331,041 Exec Dir. $134,412 $122,037 2023
Black Women For Wellness Action Project CA$329,667 Treasurer $10,225 $9,017 2024
Colorado Democracy Alliance CO$331,875 Executive Director $108,301 $109,191 2023
Foundation For Life OH$332,197 Executive Dir. $58,088 $64,690 2023
La Fuerza Nc NC$328,308 Executive Director $26,629 $28,101 2024
Californians For Equal Rights Foundation CA$332,550 Executive Director $157,688 $139,062 2024
Birthright Lake Inc OH$328,201 Executive Di $35,467 $39,498 2023
Alliance For A Better Iowa IA$327,518 Executive Director $69,486 $77,702 2024
Mccj Inc FL$333,608 Executive Director $112,000 $107,455 2024
Organize Tennessee TN$334,041 Executive Di $54,450 $62,647 2022
Casa Of The Wilderness Trail Inc KY$334,436 Executive Di $78,854 $86,522 2024
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $33,616 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $81,842 2024
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice NJ$325,629 Chief Activist $130,000 $118,540 2024
White Awake MD$325,386 Executive Di $147,824 $141,143 2024
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander NY$324,767 Executive Dir. $145,750 $134,507 2024
Zachor Legal Institute MT$324,448 President $30,000 $33,027 2024
Partnership For Gender Equality DC$324,128 Executive Dir. $77,000 $69,008 2024
Colorado Asian Pacific United CO$323,992 Executive Director $36,978 $36,212 2024
Wanton Injustice Legal Detail MN$323,854 Executive Director And President $16,415 $16,565 2024
American Arab Civil Rights League MI$323,637 Exective Dir $100,000 $105,414 2024
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $14,646 2024
Access-life Inc FL$323,085 President $111,450 $106,927 2024
Michigan Federation For MI$322,482 Pres. / Exec $18,000 $19,535 2023
Ceasefire Pennsylvania PA$322,328 Executive Di $11,954 $12,534 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
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 (May Sabe Phyu) 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 384 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,599 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.