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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Survivor Justice Action Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 933784112
TX · NTEE R99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Ray-jones, Executive Director / CEO ($46,354) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katie Ray-jones — reported title “CEO/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

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,129 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,120 $46,354
$9,00710th
$28,61125th
$65,832Median
$93,25975th
$150,85190th
$46,354This org · 34th
p10$9,007
p25$28,611
p50$65,832
p75$93,259
p90$150,851
$46,354

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 TX 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
Take Back The Court Action Fund CA$315,887 President $22,945 $19,807 2024
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $14,336 2024
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice NJ$325,629 Chief Activist $130,000 $116,033 2024
The Norml Foundation DC$301,217 Vice President $17,500 $15,352 2024
Organize Tennessee TN$334,041 Executive Di $54,450 $61,322 2022
Vivante Espero NC$295,530 President $23,086 $24,551 2023
Cross-movement Legacy Initiative CA$290,000 President $205,000 $176,963 2024
Oklahoma Donor Alliance Inc OK$283,764 Executive Director $84,000 $92,467 2024
Bipartisan Climate Action DC$283,645 President $5,654 $4,960 2024
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $69,726 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $68,275 2023
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $105,208 2023
1 Million Madly Motivated Moms NV$276,045 President $59,583 $59,706 2024
Organization For Polyamory And CA$275,610 Executive Dir. $69,173 $61,476 2023
Dont Shoot Portland OR$273,365 Program Direct $160,000 $152,926 2023
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $107,773 2024
World Without Hate Inc WA$266,442 Founder & President $38,000 $35,015 2023
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $87,346 2024
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $43,552 2024
Formed Foundation DC$255,102 Director $27,500 $24,125 2024
No More A Stranger Foundation UT$254,010 Executive Director $45,831 $46,892 2024
Move To Amend CA$253,286 Director $4,800 $4,266 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $154,701 2023
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $78,171 2023
Cuba Study Group Inc DC$246,841 Executive Director $170,984 $154,427 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Katie Ray-jones) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,354 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.