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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

East Hawaii Cultural Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 990192768
HI · NTEE A230
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laurie Rich, Executive Director / CEO ($50,321) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 172 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

172 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 172 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,675 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,103 $50,321
$14,25810th
$30,49625th
$61,928Median
$88,08875th
$109,08690th
$50,321This org · 39th
p10$14,258
p25$30,496
p50$61,928
p75$88,088
p90$109,086
$50,321

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 HI 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
Malo Motivating Action Leadership CA$376,017 Founder/exec. Director $127,190 $125,917 2024
Web Chaver Inc NJ$375,115 President $47,600 $48,724 2024
Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc NY$379,572 Executive Director $28,064 $29,933 2023
Alliance Francaise Of Westchester NY$372,319 Executive Di $64,104 $66,412 2024
Institute For The Next Jewish Future Injf IL$371,552 Executive Director $21,212 $23,908 2024
Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center OH$383,283 Ceo $20,566 $25,711 2023
Knowyourroots CA$383,619 President $27,000 $26,729 2024
Chitresh Das Institute CA$369,879 Managing Dir $55,691 $56,762 2023
Hispanic League NC$385,109 Executive Director Through September 2024 $55,531 $65,783 2024
The Kentucky Wool Festival Inc Of KY$368,551 Vice Preside $5,850 $7,206 2024
Greek America Cultural And NY$367,037 President $44,000 $46,930 2023
Exhibit J Inc NY$366,615 Director $101,825 $108,606 2023
Bihl Haus Arts Inc TX$388,480 Executive Dir. $91,088 $107,550 2023
Navi Journey Corp NJ$389,669 Author $125,000 $131,733 2023
Arte Inc CT$363,919 Executive Director $70,000 $75,247 2024
Fanm Saj Inc FL$392,782 Director $58,359 $62,855 2024
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc IL$394,781 Executive Artistic Director $55,000 $61,992 2024
Dance Parade Inc NY$394,841 Brd&exec Dir $24,750 $24,980 2025
Latino Music Education Network CA$395,124 Member Board Of Directors $20,000 $20,385 2023
Building Youth Through Music WA$358,467 President $131,071 $138,513 2023
Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee Inc WI$358,300 Executive Director $67,708 $81,070 2024
Chaldean Community Council CA$358,275 Director Of Operations $62,500 $63,703 2023
We Are The Culture Creators Nonprofit MI$396,365 Executive Director $30,000 $36,549 2023
Hispanic Cultural Center Of Midland TX$357,562 Executive Director $65,016 $74,563 2024
Bundled Arrows Inc NY$398,839 Director $7,416 $7,683 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI cost of living and 2025 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 HI 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Laurie Rich) 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 172 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,321 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.