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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Global Strategies Ltd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202748864
SC · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Henry Deneen, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 150 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Henry Deneen — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

150 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 150 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$913 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,827 $60,000
$9,18610th
$24,46525th
$42,716Median
$68,71075th
$86,78890th
$60,000This org · 67th
p10$9,186
p25$24,465
p50$42,716
p75$68,710
p90$86,788
$60,000

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 SC 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
Ecf International CA$297,935 President/ceo $94,143 $77,923 2024
Catalyst Ministries TX$297,395 Executive Dir. $56,261 $53,946 2024
Big Picture Soccer PA$299,633 Executive Director $70,000 $68,890 2023
Bridge Builders International Inc OK$300,378 President $39,520 $42,945 2023
Hope On A String MA$295,811 Executive Director $71,135 $63,083 2023
Christian Relief Of Supplies And Service IA$303,596 Key Employee $28,462 $29,872 2024
West African Mercy Ministries Inc WI$291,476 Executive Director $76,579 $76,661 2024
Haiti Project Inc NY$305,548 Pres./exec. $63,250 $56,403 2023
Growth Teams Inc DE$305,982 President And Secretary $68,450 $64,245 2024
Equitarian Initiative MN$290,595 Executive Director $78,600 $74,446 2024
Adventure Travel Conservation Fund WA$289,855 Executive Dir. $91,539 $78,558 2024
Vera Aqua Vera Vita TX$286,608 Executive Director $90,500 $86,776 2024
Film School Africa Inc OH$283,633 Executive Di $48,000 $47,476 2025
Present Hope Ministry Inc GA$283,117 President $25,310 $24,394 2024
Yspaniola Incorporated MA$282,956 Executive Director $40,384 $34,785 2024
Media For Development International WA$314,036 President $28,000 $24,029 2024
Foundation For A Civil Society Ltd NY$280,153 President $60,000 $51,970 2024
Tent Schools International MI$279,835 President $12,283 $12,512 2023
Long Way Home Inc OR$317,075 Executive Director $3,500 $3,116 2024
Casa De La Esperanza Homes Of Hope AZ$278,274 Executive Dir. $90,186 $83,139 2024
Ccm Evangelical Ministries TX$319,102 President $67,000 $64,243 2024
Village Cooperative Inc IN$276,973 Executive Di $25,000 $26,017 2023
Global Jothoor Foundation VA$320,739 Ceo $85,785 $81,741 2023
Hope And Grace International WA$275,831 President $2,132 $1,884 2023
Christian Hands In Action TX$275,812 Executive Di $98,212 $96,952 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Henry Deneen) 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 150 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.