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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Empact Northwest

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272879330
WA · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacob Gillanders, Executive Director / CEO ($25,071) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 155 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jacob Gillanders — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

155 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 155 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$439 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,352 $25,071
$9,11010th
$20,19425th
$39,623Median
$62,94075th
$95,11690th
$25,071This org · 34th
p10$9,110
p25$20,194
p50$39,623
p75$62,940
p90$95,116
$25,071

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 WA 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
Because Of Hope CA$213,002 President/exec Director $42,000 $39,346 2024
Elizabeth's Voice Inc TX$213,569 President $10,160 $11,352 2023
Swisscontact North America Inc NY$214,386 Project Director $148,777 $145,852 2024
Refugee Relief WA$214,563 President And Ceo $13,200 $12,821 2024
Open Door Haiti Inc FL$214,742 President $10,000 $10,493 2023
Safe Harbor International Relief CA$211,451 President & Ceo $9,000 $8,431 2024
Hope For The Silent Voices IL$211,099 President $49,500 $54,355 2023
Holistic Christian Ministry TX$210,264 Ceo $50,500 $54,804 2024
Touch The Nations NE$218,103 President $8,950 $10,752 2023
99 Farmers TN$208,366 Execuitve Director $105,000 $119,739 2024
His Children International Corp FL$218,477 President $60,000 $62,957 2023
Cattle For Christ International Inc AL$218,962 President $79,000 $95,327 2023
Iglesia Ministerios De Reconciliacion Internacion TN$206,670 Pastor $37,000 $42,193 2024
Israel Chai Foundation Inc MA$206,084 President $60,000 $58,494 2024
Zeelo Inc KS$220,438 Director $106,000 $124,237 2024
Deaf Worlds Inc DC$205,729 Executive Di $57,689 $54,921 2024
Impact Burundi MI$205,552 Executive Director $66,606 $72,662 2025
Water Compass Inc MA$205,018 Board Chair And Executive Director $36,000 $36,133 2023
Least Of These Ministries Inc MD$222,248 President & Executive Director $42,600 $43,208 2024
Global Effect Ministries CA$203,401 President $17,499 $16,393 2024
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $37,370 2024
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $25,878 2024
Go Near Ministry AR$202,433 Executive Di $27,092 $34,014 2023
Hope For The World India Inc GA$202,215 President $41,600 $45,380 2024
Apostolate Of Our Lady Of Hope CO$201,318 President $24,000 $25,704 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Jacob Gillanders) 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 155 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,071 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.