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Compensation Comparability Determination

Pema Chodron Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205958865
CO · NTEE X50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy Olmsted, Executive Director / CEO ($16,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 909 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

909 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 909 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,081 total compensation of comparable organizations → $552,514 $16,500
$25,87610th
$53,36225th
$84,191Median
$121,27475th
$174,15790th
$16,500This org · 6th
p10$25,876
p25$53,362
p50$84,191
p75$121,274
p90$174,157
$16,500

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 CO 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
Missionary Air Group Inc NC$1,094,857 President/ce $69,073 $74,431 2024
Joyful Christian Community Church CA$1,094,664 C.e.o $108,550 $97,753 2024
Emmanuel Center Inc TN$1,093,851 Executive Director $79,500 $87,149 2024
Word Of Faith Ministries Inc GA$1,093,742 President $162,063 $174,960 2023
World Worship Church Inc NJ$1,093,360 Pastor $104,000 $96,837 2024
🔒 904 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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:

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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 13, 2026.