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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Terra Lingua Usa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431797148
CT · NTEE Q220
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kellie Iacovella, Executive Director / CEO ($97,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 657 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

657 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 657 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$714 total compensation of comparable organizations → $363,610 $97,500
$14,24210th
$31,98425th
$60,023Median
$91,06175th
$125,35990th
$97,500This org · 80th
p10$14,242
p25$31,984
p50$60,023
p75$91,061
p90$125,359
$97,500

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 CT 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
Wellspringkaritas Foundation PA$402,071 President $86,957 $92,487 2024
Global Healing CA$402,627 Executive Dir. $115,200 $109,229 2023
God's Littlest Angels Inc CO$402,671 President $19,387 $19,827 2024
Acts 4 Rwanda Inc AR$402,991 Executive Dir. $37,926 $46,810 2023
Womens Voices Now Inc CA$400,966 Executive Dir. $68,354 $62,951 2024
City Of Refuge Inc SD$400,655 Co-director $48,000 $56,499 2024
The Hope Project - Liberia WA$400,343 Executive Director $67,161 $64,131 2024
Chispa Project MO$400,155 Executive Director $52,100 $58,854 2024
Make A Difference Inc ID$400,047 Executive Director $90,579 $100,119 2025
Develop Africa TN$404,644 President/executive Director $25,000 $28,027 2024
Come Go With Us Inc SC$399,686 Treasurer $64,167 $71,396 2024
Adm Capital Foundation Inc MA$404,766 Clerk $12,300 $11,788 2024
Mriya Report Inc CA$399,430 Secretary $7,940 $7,529 2023
Together Ministry Inc GA$399,401 Founder $15,750 $17,389 2023
Serving Paraguay Inc OK$405,236 President $33,500 $39,343 2024
Business Council Of Canada (Usa) DC$398,733 Vice President $211,566 $198,009 2024
Hands Offering Hope Foundation Inc CT$406,415 President $19,500 $19,500 2024
Comite En Union Para Salvadorenos NJ$397,912 Exec Dir $20,395 $19,421 2024
Embracing Hope Ethiopia Inc PA$397,418 Managing Dir $35,880 $38,162 2024
Peace And Hope International NC$397,264 Coo $25,000 $27,550 2024
Just Foreign Policy DC$397,148 Executive Director $94,167 $90,736 2023
Partners In Sustainable Development International MO$407,548 Executive Director $59,640 $69,362 2023
Fne International Inc MA$396,470 Executive Director $31,200 $30,786 2023
The Chijnaya Foundation Inc CA$408,488 Operations M $69,625 $64,122 2024
Americas Hand In Hand MT$394,922 Secretary $2,400 $2,841 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Kellie Iacovella) 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 657 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,500 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.