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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Black Agenda Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931852927
NJ · NTEE R05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Eric Dobson, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 380 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

380 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 380 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$735 total compensation of comparable organizations → $356,595 $30,000
$18,20010th
$36,93125th
$71,128Median
$101,67175th
$139,64690th
$30,000This org · 19th
p10$18,200
p25$36,931
p50$71,128
p75$101,671
p90$139,646
$30,000

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 NJ 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
Witness Change Inc GA$288,030 President $57,990 $67,235 2023
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $15,517 2024
National Organization For The Reform Of DC$285,744 Board Member $23,500 $23,097 2024
Colonial Court Appointed Special VA$288,982 Executive Di $79,495 $85,968 2024
Carolina For All Education Fou SC$289,237 Director $59,970 $72,142 2023
Women's Declaration International Usa NY$289,305 Former President $17,500 $17,711 2024
Before Racism MN$284,539 Vice President & Secretary $30,795 $35,088 2023
Missouri Civil Justice Reform MO$284,500 Executive Dir. $120,000 $146,557 2023
Chicago Committee On Minorities In Large IL$289,733 Executive Director $155,000 $170,672 2024
Cross-movement Legacy Initiative CA$290,000 President $205,000 $198,264 2024
Ella Baker Center Action Fund CA$283,872 Secretary And Director $12,226 $11,824 2024
Oklahoma Donor Alliance Inc OK$283,764 Executive Director $84,000 $103,597 2024
Bipartisan Climate Action DC$283,645 President $5,654 $5,557 2024
Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center LA$291,233 Executive Director $1,500 $1,850 2024
National Retiree Legislative Network Inc MI$291,428 President $27,360 $31,630 2024
Signal Hill Life Education Society $282,531 Executive Director $65,700 $65,700 2024
Greater Spokane Action WA$291,825 Executive Dir. $25,028 $25,838 2023
Texans For Vaccine Choice Education TX$292,608 Secretary $72,583 $81,320 2024
Social Justice Politicorps Of Sacramento CA$281,347 Executive Dir. $36,885 $36,726 2023
Prism Fl Inc FL$281,311 Executive Director $54,615 $57,464 2024
Utah Center For Legal Inclusion UT$281,041 Executive Director $93,692 $107,401 2024
Gideons Army Grassroots Army TN$293,442 Executive Dir. $96,000 $110,107 2025
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $132,980 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates Of MO$293,634 Director $39,764 $47,171 2024
National Action Network Sacramento Chapter Education Fund CA$280,116 Director And President $36,000 $35,845 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Rev Eric Dobson) 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 380 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.