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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Links International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200315132
TX · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles J Bollinger, Executive Director / CEO ($31,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 145 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Charles J Bollinger — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

145 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 145 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,908 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,697 $31,800
$14,52310th
$30,42225th
$56,465Median
$79,64975th
$100,41190th
$31,800This org · 29th
p10$14,523
p25$30,422
p50$56,465
p75$79,649
p90$100,411
$31,800

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
Human Rights For Kids DC$391,520 Ceo $125,000 $106,511 2024
African Christian Schools Foundation TN$391,934 Executive Director $80,000 $84,065 2023
Acts 29 Ministries Inc OH$392,005 President $25,575 $26,302 2024
Reformation Hope Inc GA$392,259 Executive Director $79,145 $77,271 2024
Franciscan Family Apostolate Inc CT$392,339 President $35,000 $31,865 2024
Charlies Lunch Ministries TX$391,005 Vice President $65,315 $63,441 2024
Fountains Of Hope International Inc IN$390,209 Executive Dir. $74,627 $76,417 2024
American Friends Of The Bambi Homes Colombia NY$393,535 Board Member $19,500 $17,615 2023
Haki Community Organization OR$393,756 President $127,260 $118,144 2023
Red Rhino Orphanage Project CA$387,749 Exec. Director $60,000 $50,308 2024
Rostropovich-vishnevskaya Foundation DC$387,111 Executive Director $262,528 $223,697 2024
Zara Initiative CA$387,011 Secretary Director Onsite Director $19,000 $15,931 2024
Mayan Hands Foundation Ltd NY$386,658 Executive Director $60,000 $52,646 2024
Make A Difference Inc ID$400,047 Executive Director $90,579 $91,151 2025
Chispa Project MO$400,155 Executive Director $52,100 $53,582 2024
Vision For The Poor PA$382,721 Exec. Dir/pres $14,400 $13,584 2025
Global Healing CA$402,627 Executive Dir. $115,200 $99,444 2023
God's Littlest Angels Inc CO$402,671 President $19,387 $18,051 2024
Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation TX$380,640 President $3,140 $3,050 2024
Enchanted Peach Children's Foundation GA$380,018 Executive Director $75,000 $73,225 2024
Global Seed Planters MN$378,056 President $54,467 $53,803 2023
Ivu Med UT$378,022 Director $122,917 $119,007 2025
Hands Offering Hope Foundation Inc CT$406,415 President $19,500 $17,754 2024
Millennium Campus Network Inc MA$376,676 Executive Director $68,376 $59,662 2024
New Korea Foundation International MN$376,598 Ceo, President $9,000 $8,890 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 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 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Charles J Bollinger) 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 145 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,800 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.