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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Academic Foundation For International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 432041133
CA · NTEE Q22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Ring, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 572 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

572 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 572 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$775 total compensation of comparable organizations → $294,010 $100,000
$11,53910th
$26,97125th
$53,547Median
$83,26875th
$117,03990th
$100,000This org · 83rd
p10$11,539
p25$26,971
p50$53,547
p75$83,268
p90$117,039
$100,000

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
Childrens Rescue Mission Inc CT$263,676 President $72,000 $80,489 2023
American Institute Of Iranian Studies NY$263,615 Executive Direc $53,000 $57,101 2023
The Holiness Pilgrim Church Inc IN$263,468 American Director $4,800 $5,711 2025
Star Of Hope International America Inc KS$263,394 Ceo $59,400 $74,316 2024
Troup Family Ministries Inc TX$263,285 President $15,000 $17,377 2024
The Charis Project CA$263,271 Ceo $24,000 $24,000 2024
Directconnect Humanitarian Aid Inc MI$264,240 President $22,127 $26,449 2024
The Global Peace Initiative Of Women Religious And Spiritual Leaders Inc NY$264,432 Treasurer/secretary $42,600 $54,036 2020
Mercy Smiles International Outreach TX$262,415 Board Member, Vice President, Former President $1,830 $2,120 2024
Companion Community Development IN$262,203 Executive Di $55,567 $67,862 2024
Friends Of Ostomates Worldwide - Usa Inc KY$262,040 Contactor $13,000 $15,758 2025
Santiago Panama Mission Adventures TX$262,033 President $18,300 $21,199 2024
Indifly Incorporated MN$265,285 Executive Director $75,000 $88,358 2023
Manhattan His Association KS$265,413 Executive Director/secretary $65,500 $79,836 2025
Children Rescues International SD$265,523 Board Member $5,847 $7,473 2024
Second Mountain Ministries TX$266,325 Director $165,000 $196,788 2023
Prayer Plan Missions Inc OH$266,690 Honduras Field Director $14,000 $17,172 2024
Be There Ministries VA$266,817 Founder $40,000 $46,047 2023
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation Inc CA$260,470 Ceo $108,806 $108,806 2024
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $41,419 2024
Nivas Inc CO$260,322 President/executive Director $82,012 $91,071 2024
Cooperative Aid Inc TN$260,027 Executive Dir. $50,000 $62,663 2023
City Of Refuge International Inc OR$267,483 President $47,580 $52,681 2023
Project Ethiopia WA$267,500 Executive Director $14,624 $15,163 2024
Cure Glaucoma Foundation TX$267,724 Exec Dir/treas $25,738 $29,816 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Kevin Ring) 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 572 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.