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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Develop Africa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203836551
TN · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sylvester Renner, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 239 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

239 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 239 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,079 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,900 $25,000
$10,13410th
$24,21825th
$43,117Median
$62,76275th
$88,61490th
$25,000This org · 26th
p10$10,134
p25$24,218
p50$43,117
p75$62,762
p90$88,614
$25,000

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 TN 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
Adm Capital Foundation Inc MA$404,766 Clerk $12,300 $10,515 2024
Serving Paraguay Inc OK$405,236 President $33,500 $35,093 2024
Acts 4 Rwanda Inc AR$402,991 Executive Dir. $37,926 $41,754 2023
Wellspringkaritas Foundation PA$402,071 President $86,957 $82,498 2024
The Chijnaya Foundation Inc CA$408,488 Operations M $69,625 $57,196 2024
City Of Refuge Inc SD$400,655 Co-director $48,000 $50,397 2024
Come Go With Us Inc SC$399,686 Treasurer $64,167 $63,685 2024
Mriya Report Inc CA$399,430 Secretary $7,940 $6,716 2023
Together Ministry Inc GA$399,401 Founder $15,750 $15,511 2023
Belief In Motion Inc GA$409,915 President/missionary $36,750 $35,154 2024
Christ Sanctuary International CA$409,988 President $12,000 $9,858 2024
Arm In Arm In Africa MN$410,393 Executive Di $22,167 $20,838 2024
Dignity Period MO$410,818 Executive Director $140,675 $141,748 2024
Phyllis Sortor Schools For Afr WA$411,482 Director $6,497 $5,534 2024
Embracing Hope Ethiopia Inc PA$397,418 Managing Dir $35,880 $34,040 2024
Fne International Inc MA$396,470 Executive Director $31,200 $27,461 2023
Americas Hand In Hand MT$394,922 Secretary $2,400 $2,534 2023
Hearts Of Joy International Corp NJ$414,996 Executive Dir. $81,500 $69,226 2024
Global Care Alliance Inc CA$394,195 President $40,000 $32,860 2024
Water4life Mozambique Inc FL$394,039 President $70,000 $62,560 2024
Equalhealth Inc MA$415,758 Director $45,600 $38,983 2024
Caleb Corps Inc OR$393,365 Director $126,500 $115,060 2023
Impact Ministries With The Michalski WA$392,818 President & Ceo $16,231 $13,825 2024
Project Lucas Inc VA$416,713 Executive Di $60,000 $56,742 2023
Hands Of Mercy Ministries CO$416,864 Founder $42,000 $38,314 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Sylvester Renner) 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 239 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.