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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of The Third World Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237183804
IN · NTEE Q300
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of James F Goetsch, Executive Director / CEO ($3,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 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: James F Goetsch — reported title “PRESIDENT/ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,131 $3,200
$4,88610th
$12,50925th
$30,452Median
$55,31075th
$79,94490th
$3,200This org · 6th
p10$4,886
p25$12,509
p50$30,452
p75$55,310
p90$79,944
$3,200

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 IN 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
Children At Heart Adoption Svcs Inc NC$187,892 President $50,400 $49,382 2024
Women To The World Inc GA$186,095 President $22,800 $22,381 2023
Key Of Hope MI$192,227 President $4,000 $3,915 2024
Every Tribe International CO$192,674 Executive Director $70,000 $63,649 2024
Mbeya CA$178,935 Chief Executive $77,004 $64,915 2023
Godesign Inc GA$178,799 Ceo $57,200 $54,538 2024
New Asia Foundation For Education CA$178,689 President $7,500 $6,323 2023
International Medicine Network Inc OK$177,364 President $43,017 $44,917 2024
For The Love Of Mateoinc MO$198,616 Edwards $6,337 $6,365 2024
Orphans International Helpline MI$199,233 President $48,000 $48,369 2023
Make Life Skate Life CO$175,405 President $24,000 $22,467 2023
Advocates For Massachusetts Charter MA$200,000 Clerk $9,266 $7,896 2024
Families Mentoring Families UT$200,946 President $18,000 $17,469 2024
Bridging Hope Inc CO$202,194 Founder Ed $37,110 $33,743 2024
Pimentel Project Inc NC$203,239 Executive Secretary $15,996 $16,135 2023
The Rose International Fund For Children WA$204,515 Executive Director/president $7,307 $6,387 2023
The Coffee Trust NM$170,317 Secretary/tr $6,573 $6,704 2024
Creative Women Of The World Inc IN$205,034 Executive Dir. $43,677 $43,677 2024
Mae El Salvador OH$205,761 Cofounder $20,968 $21,681 2023
Sweetwater Outreach Inc AL$206,358 Coo $18,000 $18,440 2024
The Medical Centers Of West Africa Inc LA$206,663 Team Leader $55,800 $59,985 2023
Serving Our Neighbor International MI$207,383 Vice President $16,187 $15,843 2024
Himalayan Healthcare Inc NY$167,365 Director $38,280 $32,801 2024
Capacitar Inc CA$208,079 Executive Dir. $102,354 $83,810 2024
Advocates For Africa's Children WA$208,526 Pres, Exec D $31,038 $26,351 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (James F Goetsch) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,200 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.