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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mesoamerican Development Institute Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043258077
MA · NTEE Q310
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Trubey, Executive Director / CEO ($2,982) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 507 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

507 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 507 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$723 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,416 $2,982
$10,77210th
$24,66525th
$47,968Median
$74,18975th
$103,59990th
$2,982This org · 2nd
p10$10,772
p25$24,665
p50$47,968
p75$74,189
p90$103,599
$2,982

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 MA 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
The Senegal Health Institute CA$240,744 Exec Director $58,240 $54,358 2024
South Florida Haiti Project Inc FL$240,768 Executive Di $22,917 $23,958 2023
Foundation For International Education In WI$240,911 Assistant To The Treasurer $6,000 $6,773 2024
Reach India Inc IN$240,370 Executive Director $34,365 $40,329 2023
Africa Faith And Justice Network DC$240,366 Executive Director $80,000 $75,882 2024
Osgood Center For International Studies DC$241,075 President $75,000 $73,240 2023
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $32,485 2024
Children In Harmony CA$241,435 Executive Director $173,700 $162,124 2024
Seek The Lamb Inc HI$241,529 President $46,520 $45,019 2024
Imprint Hope NJ$239,662 Executive Di $33,600 $33,384 2023
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $47,968 2024
Issaquah Cultural Circle WA$241,931 Executive Director $30,000 $29,032 2024
Partners With Ethiopia MN$239,245 Executive Director/president $22,000 $24,191 2023
Amnistia Internacional-seccion De Puerto Rico Inc PR$238,927 Executive Director $59,600 $57,890 2024
Santa Cruz Breakers Inc CA$238,817 Board Member $30,000 $27,279 2025
Here For Kids International CA$242,854 Exec Director $98,291 $94,450 2023
World Affairs Council Of Arizona Inc AZ$238,456 Executive Director $81,003 $86,692 2023
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $128,841 2023
Powering Potential Inc NY$243,386 President $43,956 $42,933 2024
Tcf Mercy Inc IN$237,827 Field Representative $6,000 $7,041 2023
Cuirim Outreach Inc VA$243,560 Director $66,669 $71,634 2023
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $90,095 2024
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $1,060 2024
Aurora Sister Cities International CO$243,672 Ceo $85,524 $88,641 2024
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $21,737 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2023 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 MA 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Richard Trubey) 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 507 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,982 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.