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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundation For Freedom

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922110856
WA · NTEE Q70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nguonteang Pa, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nguonteang Pa — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,072 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,324 $72,000
$18,78810th
$28,04125th
$60,962Median
$93,31075th
$108,67290th
$72,000This org · 63rd
p10$18,788
p25$28,041
p50$60,962
p75$93,310
p90$108,672
$72,000

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 WA 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
Dark Bali CA$342,650 Executive Dir. $64,618 $62,323 2024
Accessibility Accelerator Inc NY$344,297 Executive Director $64,642 $65,243 2024
Hope Outreach International FL$345,598 Executive Director $38,400 $41,482 2023
Alight Alliance To Lead Impact In Global CO$333,478 Executive Director $118,421 $126,830 2024
If Americans Knew CA$331,563 President $71,108 $70,607 2023
Hostage Families Alliance DC$358,534 President $28,334 $27,771 2024
International Tibet Network CA$307,132 Executive Director $48,336 $47,996 2023
The 88 Project IL$305,757 Executive Dir $95,413 $107,865 2023
Siamak Pourzand Foundation MD$374,715 Executive Director $80,556 $84,119 2024
Rescue Pink Inc TX$302,677 President $66,000 $75,918 2023
Eg Justice DC$379,194 Executive Dir. $93,500 $94,351 2023
Women's Rights Without Frontiers MD$386,272 President $165,982 $173,324 2024
Friends Of The Congo DC$291,634 Executive Director $8,000 $8,072 2023
South Texas Human Rights Center Inc TX$283,213 Board Treasurer $23,333 $26,070 2024
Smex Usa Inc DC$282,710 Ceo And Vice President Of The Board $22,000 $21,563 2024
Peace And Hope International NC$397,264 Coo $25,000 $28,852 2024
Womens Voices Now Inc CA$400,966 Executive Dir. $68,354 $65,926 2024
Project Suma Inc GA$277,482 Intl Director $36,996 $41,549 2024
Africa School Assistance Project CO$276,789 Executive Director $90,600 $97,033 2024
Inhr MI$273,808 Mr $9,555 $11,341 2023
Joseph And Evelyn Lowery Institute GA$410,128 Ceo/presiden $85,000 $95,460 2024
Identify Inc GA$268,339 Director $78,000 $90,186 2023
Operation Broken Silence TN$413,074 Executive Dir. $50,000 $58,703 2024
Bay Area Anti-trafficking Coalition CA$256,892 President $120,200 $115,930 2024
Ensaaf CA$425,623 Co-director / Secretary Of Board $20,337 $19,615 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Nguonteang Pa) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.