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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Compass Rose International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454074515
CO · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine Hilborn, Executive Director / CEO ($32,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katherine Hilborn — reported title “CEO & Board President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$410 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,660 $32,650
$7,64610th
$13,51725th
$37,788Median
$69,57775th
$102,80890th
$32,650This org · 44th
p10$7,646
p25$13,517
p50$37,788
p75$69,577
p90$102,808
$32,650

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 CO 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
Glodev Inc FL$124,940 Ceo $2,658 $2,530 2024
Burkina Faso Outreach Inc MO$126,166 President $65,001 $69,738 2024
Wholehearted Home Inc FL$126,449 President $38,750 $37,964 2023
Yeshua Medical Ministries Inc NC$129,809 President $12,000 $12,236 2025
Medical Teams Worldwide TN$130,259 Director/president $11,980 $12,427 2025
Overseas Tribal Services Inc Ots CO$131,089 Employee $39,328 $38,200 2024
Texas Water Mission Inc TX$116,927 Executive Director $30,000 $30,398 2024
Shoulder To Shoulder Ministries Inc FL$135,560 President $73,240 $69,696 2024
The Tia Foundation Inc AZ$136,226 President Ceo $71,433 $69,590 2024
Pace Universal CA$136,954 Founder $57,450 $51,736 2023
Mountaintop International DC$138,462 Ceo $40,999 $37,521 2023
Economic Development And Empowerment Through Mentoring MA$139,080 Excecutive Director $11,450 $10,423 2024
Open Arms Foundation Inc WV$139,946 Board Chair $50,350 $55,222 2024
Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation Inc NY$142,751 President $20,351 $18,148 2025
Focus Builders International TX$143,877 President $27,000 $26,653 2025
Codespa America DC$144,538 Executive Director $128,057 $113,831 2024
Worldhope Corps Inc CA$104,857 Exec Director $24,000 $21,613 2023
Destined For Grace Children's Relief CA$104,521 Ceo $119,710 $102,011 2025
Funds For The Missions Inc TX$103,696 Chief Executive Officer $6,470 $6,750 2023
World Share Usa CA$100,888 President $43,000 $37,612 2024
Ukraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc MD$100,435 Managing Dir. $99,000 $93,756 2024
Fs Home Owners Foundation Inc CT$149,575 Secretarytreasurer $431 $410 2024
Missioneer International Inc GA$151,701 Executive Director & Trust $16,000 $16,296 2024
Hearing Heart Missions MN$152,015 President $12,579 $12,590 2024
Puentes De Esperanza IN$154,306 President $50,000 $54,989 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2023 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 CO 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Katherine Hilborn) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,650 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.