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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Japan America Society Of Oregon

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930783407
OR · NTEE Q200
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Graham Morris, Executive Director / CEO ($103,108) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,242 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,134 $103,108
$26,88310th
$51,84725th
$87,107Median
$112,76975th
$134,79990th
$103,108This org · 72nd
p10$26,883
p25$51,847
p50$87,107
p75$112,769
p90$134,799
$103,108

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 OR 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
Send A Cow Inc VA$484,115 Executive Director $90,976 $97,383 2023
Cair Michigan Inc MI$470,606 Executive Officer $89,539 $99,519 2024
Japan-america Society Of TX$513,657 Pres - Part Yr $101,479 $109,309 2024
Immigrant Solidarity Dupage IL$458,275 President $82,954 $87,819 2024
Facts And Logic About The CA$541,460 President $86,845 $83,137 2023
Japan-america Society Of Houston TX$542,721 Executive Director $90,000 $96,944 2024
Educators Institute For Human Rights In DC$434,112 Executive Director $175,487 $165,826 2024
Greater Columbus Sister Cities OH$546,505 Executive Director $103,896 $118,496 2024
Center For International Experiential CA$547,653 Executive Director $128,875 $119,833 2024
Unidosnow Inc FL$430,469 Executive Director $124,062 $125,500 2024
Japan America Society Of So California CA$428,314 Executive Director $19,681 $18,840 2023
American Mandarin Society VA$421,218 Executive Di $84,000 $89,916 2023
Saage International CO$564,318 Ceo $40,000 $41,302 2024
Civil Society Institute Inc MA$413,467 President & Exec. Director $251,262 $243,134 2024
Us Asia Institute DC$573,514 Presidentsecretarytrustee $123,000 $116,228 2024
Ukraine Freedom Project VA$577,612 Treasurer $81,000 $84,217 2024
Just Foreign Policy DC$397,148 Executive Director $94,167 $91,611 2023
The Japan America Society Of Kentucky KY$391,431 Executive Director $81,565 $97,150 2023
Sons Of Norway Foundation MN$589,902 Foundation Director $30,051 $31,975 2024
Associacion De Mexicanos En Carolina Del Norte Amerxcan NC$599,161 Director $20,000 $22,910 2023
Transatlantic Policy Network DC$599,211 President $22,028 $21,430 2023
The Project On Middle East Democracy Inc DC$600,167 Executive Director $171,300 $166,651 2023
Arbol De Vida TX$376,552 President $42,000 $44,074 2025
Chile Massachusets Alliance Inc MA$604,274 Executive Di $75,345 $75,061 2023
The Children's Home Project AZ$605,601 President $24,600 $26,229 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Graham Morris) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $103,108 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.