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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trans Journalists Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 932276958
NY · NTEE J03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Adam Rhodes, Executive Director / CEO ($200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 481 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

481 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 481 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$324 total compensation of comparable organizations → $420,044 $200
$7,64010th
$30,62925th
$75,110Median
$105,87575th
$149,76190th
$200This org · 0th
p10$7,640
p25$30,629
p50$75,110
p75$105,875
p90$149,761
$200

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 NY 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
Racine Education Uniserv Council Inc WI$479,535 Rea President $111,944 $129,379 2024
Employment Technology Inc PA$479,406 Executive Director $46,318 $52,626 2023
Local 37 Iron Workers Jac Fund RI$481,058 Union Trustee $111,319 $121,615 2023
The Workfirst Foundation NY$479,200 Former Chairman $36,848 $36,848 2024
United Union Of Roofers Waterproofers NJ$481,334 President $5,649 $5,582 2024
National Skilled Trades Network OH$482,057 Co-executive Director $60,000 $70,327 2024
Disabledperson Inc CA$482,638 President $78,600 $75,110 2024
Matco Industries Inc OH$483,019 Ceo $112,724 $136,028 2023
Niagara County Electrical Construction NY$477,138 Secretary $61,912 $61,912 2024
Mentoring Partnership Of Minnesota MN$476,254 Executive Director $105,000 $114,817 2024
Worker Justice Wisconsin WI$475,866 Executive Director $70,200 $81,133 2024
Abatement Workers Local #207 Joint Training Fund MI$484,778 Training Director $43,004 $49,121 2024
The Rocky Mountain Mining Institute CO$475,435 Executive Director $152,652 $161,986 2024
Operating Engineers Local 953 Journeyman NM$484,913 Executive Director $74,942 $89,201 2024
Youth Design Center Inc NY$475,323 Executive Director $126,955 $126,955 2024
Voz Workers Rights Education OR$474,876 Exec Directo $87,703 $92,795 2023
Valley Contractors Workforce Foundation CA$474,500 Executive Dir. $78,974 $75,467 2024
First Community Capital Inc CA$486,010 President & Ceo $114,400 $109,320 2024
The Reciprocity Collective CO$486,440 Executive Director $100,420 $106,560 2024
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters OH$486,457 President $3,809 $4,350 2025
Burlington West Burlington Area IA$486,600 Secretary $4,627 $5,607 2024
Hampton Roads Electrical Joint Apprent VA$473,472 Director $119,460 $127,645 2024
Seesaw Communities Inc CA$486,919 Secretary $59,298 $58,338 2023
International Union Uaw Local 2406 TN$471,254 F.s./treas. $11,477 $13,351 2024
Embodywise CA$469,938 President $22,000 $21,644 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Adam Rhodes) 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 481 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $200 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.