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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Unite To Light Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272942180
CA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Birney Rudert, Executive Director / CEO ($100,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Megan Birney Rudert — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,136 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,793 $100,800
$15,43710th
$32,71725th
$57,432Median
$88,10275th
$105,86590th
$100,800This org · 87th
p10$15,437
p25$32,717
p50$57,432
p75$88,102
p90$105,865
$100,800

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
Kairos International Inc IN$334,218 Executive Director $69,000 $86,756 2023
Foundation For Philippine Progress OR$333,989 Executive Director $30,000 $33,216 2023
Mission Resource International IN$333,354 Executive Di $43,000 $52,514 2024
Heart To Heart International Ministries Inc CA$341,867 President $30,000 $30,000 2024
International Accountability Project NY$342,608 Executive Director $116,350 $121,757 2024
African Enterprise Inc WA$330,615 Executive Director $100,000 $106,746 2023
Wells 4 Wellness Inc UT$342,979 Vice President $46,667 $55,313 2024
Speak Up Africa Inc NY$345,613 Ceo/executive Director $200,000 $215,475 2023
Mission Housing Ministries Inc FL$346,937 Director $59,896 $65,162 2024
Amazon Medical Project Inc WI$326,004 Medical Director $30,956 $37,440 2024
Glocal Ventures Inc TX$325,568 Vietnam Coun $29,673 $34,374 2024
Mexico Ministries Inc TX$348,483 President $35,896 $42,811 2023
Women In The Window International Inc FL$349,140 Executive Director $79,217 $88,728 2023
Friendly Water For The World WA$324,166 Executive Di $87,984 $91,225 2024
Healing Art Missions OH$323,305 Executive Director $83,135 $104,984 2023
World Wide Hispanic Outreach Inc IN$351,602 Executive Director $24,000 $29,310 2024
Global Jothoor Foundation VA$320,739 Ceo $85,785 $98,756 2023
Ccm Evangelical Ministries TX$319,102 President $67,000 $77,615 2024
Long Way Home Inc OR$317,075 Executive Director $3,500 $3,764 2024
Latin American Missions Board Inc WI$356,780 Missionary D $32,998 $39,910 2024
Project Soar Marrakech DC$357,057 Co-founder & Ceo $48,379 $49,165 2024
Media For Development International WA$314,036 President $28,000 $29,031 2024
Forget Me Not Ministries Inc IN$359,736 President $45,736 $57,505 2023
Reincorporated Nfp TX$363,645 President, Ceo $25,000 $29,816 2023
Africa Fire Mission OH$363,661 Executive Director $85,000 $104,259 2024

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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Megan Birney Rudert) 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 146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,800 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.