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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gyedi Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921747655
CO · NTEE E70
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Cythia Hazel, Executive Director / CEO ($181,438) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 126 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Dr Cythia Hazel — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

126 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 126 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $2,713,294 $181,438
$31,05510th
$61,21425th
$88,205Median
$119,88175th
$164,10390th
$181,438This org · 94th
p10$31,055
p25$61,214
p50$88,205
p75$119,881
p90$164,103
$181,438

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 CO 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
Tucson Interfaith Hivaids Network AZ$472,633 Executive Director $98,575 $104,481 2023
American Muslim Health Professionals IL$469,756 Executive Dir. $80,000 $84,193 2024
Do Care Doula Foundation Inc DE$469,474 Executive Director $2,225 $2,332 2024
Sarah Mclean Foundation OK$468,860 Executive Director $75,101 $91,139 2023
Brain Support Network CA$458,964 President/ceo $103,667 $95,826 2024
Kentuckiana Health Collaborative KY$485,421 President And Ceo $137,000 $162,215 2023
Lets Smile MN$457,806 Executive Director $74,250 $78,539 2024
Immunize Kansas Coalition Inc KS$456,322 Former Exec Director $63,075 $71,065 2025
Triple H Equitherapy Center TX$489,615 Executive Director $60,090 $66,246 2023
Hpv Cancers Alliance NY$454,618 Executive Di $120,000 $116,078 2024
Bcauseican Inc MD$490,070 Ceo $90,563 $93,312 2023
Eve's Hope FL$491,099 Executive Director $59,358 $61,455 2023
Chatham County Safety Net Planning GA$492,315 Executive Director $64,537 $71,516 2023
Foundation For Community Impact & Health Equity SC$451,935 Ceo Founder $76,604 $85,549 2024
Breathedeep Inc NY$492,991 Director $40,000 $39,835 2023
Massachusetts Sickle Cell Associationinc MA$447,815 Executive Director $92,500 $88,980 2024
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston-galveston TX$446,300 Executive Director $22,863 $24,482 2024
Southside Coalition Of Community CA$499,181 Executive Dir. $175,088 $157,672 2025
Center For Health And Hope CO$502,619 Executive Director $15,633 $16,047 2024
Living For Zachary TX$502,837 Executive Dir. $85,738 $89,443 2025
At Ease Usa NE$503,643 Executive Director $99,243 $114,265 2024
To Life Inc NY$505,574 Exec. Direct $90,502 $87,544 2024
Universal Health Care Action OH$505,595 Executive Di $82,641 $93,699 2024
Foundation For Healthy Generations WA$507,681 Executive Dir. $176,939 $169,580 2024
Black Hills Health And Education Center SD$509,903 President $23,078 $27,265 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2025 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 CO 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Dr Cythia Hazel) 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 126 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $181,438 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.