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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South Asia Access

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272072428
IL · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tim Swauger, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 192 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tim Swauger — reported title “CE0”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

192 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 192 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,808 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,886 $24,000
$9,58010th
$21,76725th
$39,744Median
$58,49975th
$86,76490th
$24,000This org · 32nd
p10$9,580
p25$21,767
p50$39,744
p75$58,499
p90$86,764
$24,000

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 IL 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
Nations Training Institute Inc TX$259,405 President $52,523 $51,908 2024
Advanced Center For Eyecare Global CA$258,535 Executive Dir. $75,000 $65,875 2023
Cooperative Aid Inc TN$260,027 Executive Dir. $50,000 $53,459 2023
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation Inc CA$260,470 Ceo $108,806 $92,825 2024
Creole Inc Haiti FL$257,320 Executive Director $50,600 $46,964 2024
Santiago Panama Mission Adventures TX$262,033 President $18,300 $18,086 2024
Mercy Smiles International Outreach TX$262,415 Board Member, Vice President, Former President $1,830 $1,808 2024
Nicaragua Advances In Christian TX$255,440 Board Member $40,800 $40,322 2024
The Charis Project CA$263,271 Ceo $24,000 $20,475 2024
Troup Family Ministries Inc TX$263,285 President $15,000 $14,825 2024
Star Of Hope International America Inc KS$263,394 Ceo $59,400 $63,401 2024
Directconnect Humanitarian Aid Inc MI$264,240 President $22,127 $22,564 2024
Health Outreach Foundation MO$252,972 Executive Director $92,937 $100,125 2023
Children Rescues International SD$265,523 Board Member $5,847 $6,375 2024
International Faith Initiativesinc IN$252,430 President $39,500 $42,370 2023
Global Roots OR$252,153 Presidentchair $75,000 $68,812 2024
Second Mountain Ministries TX$266,325 Director $165,000 $167,886 2023
Somali American Social Service MN$251,431 Executive Di $45,750 $44,663 2024
Prayer Plan Missions Inc OH$266,690 Honduras Field Director $14,000 $14,650 2024
City Of Refuge International Inc OR$267,483 President $47,580 $44,944 2023
Project Ethiopia WA$267,500 Executive Director $14,624 $12,935 2024
Cure Glaucoma Foundation TX$267,724 Exec Dir/treas $25,738 $25,437 2024
Unatti Foundation CA$247,939 President $38,000 $32,419 2024
Isaacs Dream Inc MO$270,534 President $2,000 $2,093 2024
Chalice Of Mercy Inc WI$272,231 President $55,836 $57,613 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Tim Swauger) 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 192 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.