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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Niswa Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330447226
CA · NTEE X99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shamim Ibrahim, Executive Director / CEO ($40,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,100 total compensation of comparable organizations → $183,591 $40,000
$13,78610th
$32,85325th
$42,232Median
$70,31875th
$104,36690th
$40,000This org · 46th
p10$13,786
p25$32,853
p50$42,232
p75$70,318
p90$104,366
$40,000

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 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
Life Balance Institute CA$326,590 President $41,589 $41,589 2024
Laughter For All Inc CA$325,275 Executive Dir. $32,841 $33,811 2023
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $31,000 2024
Matthew Fox Legacy Project CA$335,723 Treasurer $39,000 $39,000 2024
Relational Tithe Inc CA$340,271 President/co-founder $101,000 $103,983 2023
Faith For Today Inc CA$313,736 Vice President $32,449 $32,449 2024
Poimen Ministries CA$303,501 President $61,118 $61,118 2024
Holy Martyrs Of England And Wales CA$354,872 Cfo $40,000 $38,969 2025
Hope Academy CA$300,477 Educational $36,000 $37,063 2023
Be2live CA$291,496 Vice-president $57,974 $57,974 2024
The Lobiko Initiative CA$364,842 Executive Dir. $46,614 $46,614 2024
Living Success Center CA$366,921 Executive Director $12,000 $12,354 2023
Christian Leadership Institute CA$379,685 Director $60,320 $62,102 2023
The Mystical Humanity Of Christ CA$274,389 Executive Dir. $32,250 $33,203 2023
Global Sharing CA$271,324 President And Ceo $102,240 $105,260 2023
Organic Outreach International Inc CA$386,307 Executive Director/board Member/cfo/secretary $102,744 $102,744 2024
One Message Foundation Corporation CA$266,703 Ceo $42,875 $42,875 2024
Compassion Causes CA$265,402 Development Director $12,275 $12,275 2024
Center For Sacred Studies CA$259,761 President $1,100 $1,100 2024
Dallas Willard Ministries CA$421,340 Dirctr Of School Of Kingdom Living $97,721 $97,721 2024
Harvest Seminary Inc CA$233,013 Trustee $48,009 $48,009 2024
Mastery Foundation CA$227,716 Exec Dir & Vp $94,965 $94,965 2024
Care Net Womens Resource Center Of CA$433,199 Executive Dir. $57,292 $57,292 2024
Tend CA$221,560 President & $115,118 $118,518 2023
San Gabriel Valley Budhistic Assoc Inc CA$221,218 Ceo $14,400 $14,400 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Shamim Ibrahim) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,000 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.