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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

City Of Refuge International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208751547
OR · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Kitumba, Executive Director / CEO ($47,580) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 205 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

205 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 205 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,914 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,731 $47,580
$10,04910th
$21,93125th
$40,822Median
$61,95375th
$91,70090th
$47,580This org · 58th
p10$10,049
p25$21,931
p50$40,822
p75$61,953
p90$91,700
$47,580

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
Project Ethiopia WA$267,500 Executive Director $14,624 $13,694 2024
Cure Glaucoma Foundation TX$267,724 Exec Dir/treas $25,738 $26,929 2024
Prayer Plan Missions Inc OH$266,690 Honduras Field Director $14,000 $15,509 2024
Second Mountain Ministries TX$266,325 Director $165,000 $177,731 2023
Children Rescues International SD$265,523 Board Member $5,847 $6,749 2024
Isaacs Dream Inc MO$270,534 President $2,000 $2,216 2024
Directconnect Humanitarian Aid Inc MI$264,240 President $22,127 $23,888 2024
Star Of Hope International America Inc KS$263,394 Ceo $59,400 $67,120 2024
Troup Family Ministries Inc TX$263,285 President $15,000 $15,694 2024
The Charis Project CA$263,271 Ceo $24,000 $21,676 2024
Chalice Of Mercy Inc WI$272,231 President $55,836 $60,991 2024
Upright Africa Inc TX$272,522 Officer/founder $34,046 $36,673 2023
Mercy Smiles International Outreach TX$262,415 Board Member, Vice President, Former President $1,830 $1,914 2024
The Baobab Home NJ$272,610 Founding Director Ceo $55,020 $51,380 2024
Santiago Panama Mission Adventures TX$262,033 President $18,300 $19,147 2024
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation Inc CA$260,470 Ceo $108,806 $98,269 2024
Cooperative Aid Inc TN$260,027 Executive Dir. $50,000 $56,595 2023
Innovative Education International Inc IN$274,955 Executive Director $21,000 $23,847 2023
Nations Training Institute Inc TX$259,405 President $52,523 $54,952 2024
Onmission Partners CA$275,568 Ceo & Secret $30,000 $27,895 2023
South Asia Access IL$259,010 Ce0 $24,000 $25,407 2023
Universal Promise RI$276,299 Director $83,600 $86,321 2023
Advanced Center For Eyecare Global CA$258,535 Executive Dir. $75,000 $69,738 2023
Creole Inc Haiti FL$257,320 Executive Director $50,600 $49,718 2024
Friends Of St Bartholomew's NJ$278,831 Vp/secretary $12,500 $11,673 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 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 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 Kitumba) 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 205 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,580 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.