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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Global Roots

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205051527
OR · NTEE Q330
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Montgomery, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 185 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

185 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 185 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,971 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,982 $75,000
$10,51710th
$22,70125th
$42,122Median
$62,79375th
$93,61990th
$75,000This org · 86th
p10$10,517
p25$22,701
p50$42,122
p75$62,793
p90$93,619
$75,000

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 OR 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
International Faith Initiativesinc IN$252,430 President $39,500 $46,180 2023
Somali American Social Service MN$251,431 Executive Di $45,750 $48,679 2024
Health Outreach Foundation MO$252,972 Executive Director $92,937 $109,128 2023
Nicaragua Advances In Christian TX$255,440 Board Member $40,800 $43,948 2024
Unatti Foundation CA$247,939 President $38,000 $35,334 2024
Creole Inc Haiti FL$257,320 Executive Director $50,600 $51,187 2024
Advanced Center For Eyecare Global CA$258,535 Executive Dir. $75,000 $71,798 2023
South Asia Access IL$259,010 Ce0 $24,000 $26,158 2023
Nations Training Institute Inc TX$259,405 President $52,523 $56,576 2024
A Touch Of Love Foundation CA$244,733 President $74,868 $69,615 2024
Benedictine Sister Of St Agnes Of MN$244,669 Treasurer, Dir. $6,000 $6,842 2022
Cooperative Aid Inc TN$260,027 Executive Dir. $50,000 $58,266 2023
Life Essentials Foundation TX$244,239 President $68,602 $73,895 2024
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation Inc CA$260,470 Ceo $108,806 $101,172 2024
Cuirim Outreach Inc VA$243,560 Director $66,669 $71,364 2023
Powering Potential Inc NY$243,386 President $43,956 $42,771 2024
Here For Kids International CA$242,854 Exec Director $98,291 $94,094 2023
Santiago Panama Mission Adventures TX$262,033 President $18,300 $19,712 2024
Mercy Smiles International Outreach TX$262,415 Board Member, Vice President, Former President $1,830 $1,971 2024
Seek The Lamb Inc HI$241,529 President $46,520 $44,849 2024
The Charis Project CA$263,271 Ceo $24,000 $22,316 2024
Troup Family Ministries Inc TX$263,285 President $15,000 $16,157 2024
Star Of Hope International America Inc KS$263,394 Ceo $59,400 $69,102 2024
South Florida Haiti Project Inc FL$240,768 Executive Di $22,917 $23,868 2023
The Senegal Health Institute CA$240,744 Exec Director $58,240 $54,154 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 Montgomery) 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 185 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.