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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

El Emet Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921031455
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ann J Kim, Executive Director / CEO ($39,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$130 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,198 $39,000
$10,43710th
$26,91625th
$46,654Median
$78,21175th
$106,92290th
$39,000This org · 46th
p10$10,437
p25$26,916
p50$46,654
p75$78,211
p90$106,922
$39,000

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 CA 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
Kindred Spirits Care Farm CA$183,337 Executive Director $10,000 $10,000 2024
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center CA$186,476 Executive Director $45,630 $46,978 2023
African American Wellness Center For Children Families CA$180,993 Ceodirector $28,464 $28,464 2024
Beyond Fistula CA$192,936 Co-director $7,392 $7,392 2024
587 Ministries Inc CA$175,473 President $50,000 $50,000 2024
Pelican Cove Counseling Center CA$194,911 Executive Director $68,034 $68,034 2024
Charity For Charity CA$196,905 Secretary $37,558 $38,667 2023
Chen Teng Hsiu Compassion Foundation CA$200,181 Secretary $48,000 $48,000 2024
Lichen Health CA$200,779 Exec Dir, Vp $103,846 $101,169 2025
Hygieia Behavioral Health Foundation Inc CA$166,700 President And Ceo $120,000 $120,000 2024
Sustainable Silicon Valley CA$166,295 Executive Dir. $26,833 $26,833 2024
Santa Monica Bay Area Human Relations CA$166,141 Director $80,844 $80,844 2024
Northern California Dr Martin Luther King Jr Community Foundatio CA$164,851 Officer $99,220 $96,662 2025
Live Oak Mental Wellness Project Inc CA$205,144 Ceo $14,368 $14,368 2024
Nextstep Ministries CA$163,347 President/exec Director $27,524 $27,524 2024
The Latino Cancer Institute CA$205,874 Founder/president $36,000 $37,063 2023
Return To Zero Hope Inc CA$206,705 Executive Director $59,400 $59,400 2024
Ananda Valley Farm CA$207,786 President $26,944 $26,944 2024
We Are Brave Together CA$208,296 Executive Dir. $42,000 $42,000 2024
Flourish Ministries Inc CA$160,448 President $89,347 $91,986 2023
Crack The Wellness Code CA$208,999 Co-founder $60,000 $61,772 2023
African Leadership Partners Inc CA$213,728 President $33,600 $33,600 2024
Thomas Toy Community Center CA$214,994 Executive Dir. $46,667 $48,045 2023
Because Black Is Still Beautiful CA$215,523 Executive Director $125,004 $128,696 2023
Black Everywhere CA$216,079 President / Executive Director $24,463 $24,463 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Ann J Kim) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,000 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.