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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pinetree Aid

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262673764
CA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ralph Flory, Executive Director / CEO ($24,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,103 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,374 $24,500
$7,58810th
$20,52125th
$41,209Median
$74,52275th
$94,91190th
$24,500This org · 29th
p10$7,588
p25$20,521
p50$41,209
p75$74,522
p90$94,911
$24,500

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 CA 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
Athanatos World Inc CO$210,132 Executive Director $135,417 $150,374 2024
Vietnamese American Nongovernmental CA$209,651 President $30,500 $31,401 2023
Hope For Our Sisters Inc MA$212,996 President And Director $10,000 $11,153 2022
American Pakistan Foundation DC$208,528 Director Of Operations $118,775 $120,705 2024
Advocates For Africa's Children WA$208,526 Pres, Exec D $31,038 $32,181 2024
Capacitar Inc CA$208,079 Executive Dir. $102,354 $102,354 2024
Serving Our Neighbor International MI$207,383 Vice President $16,187 $19,349 2024
The Alta Project WA$215,385 Executive Dir. $30,770 $32,846 2023
The Medical Centers Of West Africa Inc LA$206,663 Team Leader $55,800 $73,258 2023
Sweetwater Outreach Inc AL$206,358 Coo $18,000 $22,520 2024
Mae El Salvador OH$205,761 Cofounder $20,968 $26,478 2023
Living Hope Ministries In Haiti Inc OH$216,615 Presient $6,770 $8,549 2023
Creative Women Of The World Inc IN$205,034 Executive Dir. $43,677 $53,341 2024
Global Alliance For Africa IL$217,320 Executive Di $4,000 $4,554 2024
The Rose International Fund For Children WA$204,515 Executive Director/president $7,307 $7,800 2023
Hands Of Grace Guatemala Inc IN$217,944 President $60,000 $73,275 2024
Pimentel Project Inc NC$203,239 Executive Secretary $15,996 $19,706 2023
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $1,103 2025
Bridging Hope Inc CO$202,194 Founder Ed $37,110 $41,209 2024
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $110,451 2022
Families Mentoring Families UT$200,946 President $18,000 $21,335 2024
Raiz Ministry TX$221,533 Director $4,800 $5,560 2024
Advocates For Massachusetts Charter MA$200,000 Clerk $9,266 $9,643 2024
Orphans International Helpline MI$199,233 President $48,000 $59,071 2023
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $40,851 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Ralph Flory) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,500 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.