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Compensation Comparability Determination

World Coffee Research

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453982583
OR · NTEE Q31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Long, Executive Director / CEO ($421,031) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 132 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

132 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 132 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$27,395 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,995,014 $421,031
$117,93510th
$152,25725th
$213,374Median
$290,33375th
$391,02490th
$421,031This org · 92nd
p10$117,935
p25$152,257
p50$213,374
p75$290,333
p90$391,024
$421,031

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 OR 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
American Relief Agency For The Horn MN$10,157,740 Executive Di $115,360 $122,746 2024
Rafiki Foundation Inc FL$10,178,243 Executive Director $135,055 $136,621 2024
Maestro Cares Foundation IL$10,087,332 Executive Director $157,731 $166,981 2024
Alliance For Medical Outreach And Relief CA$10,082,892 Executive Director $153,582 $147,024 2023
Polaris Project DC$10,212,332 Executive Director & Ceo $288,213 $280,390 2023
🔒 127 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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:

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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.