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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Partners

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452834265
NC · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tom Kilian, Executive Director / CEO ($27,000) 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 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tom Kilian — reported title “Executive Director”, 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 total compensation of comparable organizations → $92,324 $27,000
$3,27410th
$6,92325th
$25,744Median
$40,53875th
$60,39690th
$27,000This org · 50th
p10$3,274
p25$6,923
p50$25,744
p75$40,538
p90$60,396
$27,000

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 NC 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
Afrika Tikkun Usa Inc OH$124,739 Exec Directo $75,000 $78,913 2024
Partners In Compassionate Care Inc MI$124,335 Exec Dir Thr $53,242 $54,593 2024
U S All Blessings Corporation TN$121,841 President $26,000 $27,951 2023
Intermed International Inc NY$121,592 President & Program Direct $35,000 $31,419 2024
Friends Of Basha OR$128,694 Executive Director $12,000 $11,071 2024
Vision For Missions Inc AR$117,432 Missionary $12,000 $13,400 2024
Foundation For Restoring Womens TN$114,273 Medical Dir. $43,814 $47,103 2023
Institute For International MI$113,629 Exec. Direct $8,000 $8,203 2024
Solar Village Project Inc MD$113,596 President $36,928 $33,413 2025
M&g Etomi Foundation NC$138,000 President $1 $1 2023
Nanubhai Education Foundation Inc GA$140,204 Executive Director $8,400 $8,390 2024
Friends Of Hue CA$109,563 Program Manager $3,500 $3,091 2023
World Dental Relief Inc OK$140,901 President $84,400 $92,324 2024
A Bridge For Africa Foundation CO$107,359 Co-exec Dir. $32,254 $29,932 2025
International Assistance Ministries TX$105,175 Director $37,500 $38,365 2023
His Heart For Africa Inc TN$155,057 President $4,900 $5,268 2023
Inmed Partnerships For Children Inc WA$93,678 President $4,500 $4,002 2024
Mapendo Inc FL$86,420 Treasurer/secr $1,200 $1,120 2024
Cdi International Inc NY$165,000 President $36,000 $32,317 2024
Himalayan Healthcare Inc NY$167,365 Director $38,280 $34,363 2024
The Coffee Trust NM$170,317 Secretary/tr $6,573 $7,023 2024
Make Life Skate Life CO$175,405 President $24,000 $23,537 2023
International Medicine Network Inc OK$177,364 President $43,017 $47,055 2024
New Asia Foundation For Education CA$178,689 President $7,500 $6,624 2023
Godesign Inc GA$178,799 Ceo $57,200 $57,134 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC cost of living and 2025 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 NC 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Tom Kilian) 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 (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,000 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.