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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Raft International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452702341
VA · NTEE Q71
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Evette Rivera, Executive Director / CEO ($27,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 458 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Evette Rivera — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

458 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 458 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$419 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,938 $27,300
$9,89510th
$22,58925th
$44,746Median
$70,34175th
$98,69090th
$27,300This org · 33rd
p10$9,895
p25$22,589
p50$44,746
p75$70,341
p90$98,690
$27,300

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 VA 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
Raiz Ministry TX$221,533 Director $4,800 $4,973 2024
Crosscampus International Inc SC$222,204 President $72,000 $77,794 2024
Least Of These Ministries Inc MD$222,248 President & Executive Director $42,600 $41,248 2024
Friends Of Samaritans Place Inc TN$222,287 Director $38,500 $41,913 2024
Zeelo Inc KS$220,438 Director $106,000 $118,602 2024
Cuba Independiente Inc FL$223,167 President $12,000 $11,675 2024
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $161,525 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $36,534 2022
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $98,778 2022
Ten Thousand Homes TX$220,094 President $51,174 $53,017 2024
Blossoming Rose MI$219,965 President $45,970 $49,142 2024
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $987 2025
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $35,675 2024
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $24,704 2024
Pdes Transition Inc TX$219,260 Manager $10,860 $11,251 2024
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $80,598 2024
Cattle For Christ International Inc AL$218,962 President $79,000 $91,003 2023
Amigos De Seattle WA$218,826 Executive Director $34,599 $32,082 2024
The Kaifa Group Inc NY$224,787 Director $20,400 $19,656 2023
His Children International Corp FL$218,477 President $60,000 $60,101 2023
Global Insights Inc GA$218,463 President $110,000 $117,934 2023
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $97,386 2025
Advocates International Inc VA$218,160 President $108,270 $111,468 2023
Touch The Nations NE$218,103 President $8,950 $10,264 2023
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $71,795 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Evette Rivera) 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 458 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,300 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.