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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rural Community Action Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237072697
ME · NTEE P20Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janice E Daku, Executive Director / CEO ($52,003) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1075 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,075 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,075 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$259 total compensation of comparable organizations → $317,235 $52,003
$14,30810th
$30,10225th
$53,278Median
$76,56575th
$98,07790th
$52,003This org · 48th
p10$14,308
p25$30,102
p50$53,278
p75$76,565
p90$98,077
$52,003

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 ME 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
Across The Bridge Inc GA$351,026 Executive Director $76,911 $77,229 2023
Rockland Opportunity Development NY$351,555 President $46,000 $41,511 2023
Para Ti Mujer CO$350,881 President $46,709 $43,445 2024
Mira Usa Inc FL$350,824 Treasurer $20,628 $19,352 2023
Goodsource Of Central Florida Inc FL$351,816 President & Ceo $1,500 $1,407 2023
Northern Virginia Veterans Association VA$350,536 President Ceo $80,267 $77,397 2023
Owl & Panther AZ$350,522 Managing Director $61,230 $58,807 2023
Southern Alamance Family Empowerment Inc NC$350,382 Executive Director $72,115 $74,414 2023
Nami Idaho ID$352,197 Executive Director $97,090 $100,186 2024
Plug In South Los Angeles CA$350,306 Ceo $51,256 $42,932 2024
Success In Challenges Inc CA$350,090 Executive Director $44,590 $36,386 2025
Angkor Resource Center Inc GA$352,560 President/ce $99,000 $96,558 2024
Centro De Servicios Comunitarios Vida Plena Inc PR$349,835 Executive Director $23,250 $23,250 2023
Family Promise Of Moore County NC$349,773 Executive Director $62,072 $60,610 2025
Associates Of St John Bosco Inc VA$352,962 Executive Director $85,000 $77,558 2025
Weascend Corporation GA$353,251 Ceo/president $90,000 $90,372 2023
Neighborhood Improvement GA$349,252 Executive Di $56,664 $55,266 2024
Kind At Heart Ministries Inc AR$353,562 President $42,000 $47,147 2023
Mega Social Enterprise FL$353,598 Ceo $186,346 $169,808 2024
Jeep Sullivan's Outdoor Adventures Inc FL$353,681 Sullivan $78,180 $71,241 2024
Bible Optics Inc GA$348,786 Pastor $119,483 $116,535 2024
Family Promise Of Metro East OR$353,995 Executive Di $85,168 $76,720 2024
Transform Ny Inc NY$348,561 President $13,000 $11,395 2024
Evolving Lives Inc FL$354,071 Associate Director $55,300 $51,880 2023
Navidad En El Barrio TX$354,178 Executive Director $24,000 $23,975 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Janice E Daku) 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 1075 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,003 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.