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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Neighbors To Nicaragua

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462345541
DE · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maycol Garcia Gutierrez, Executive Director / CEO ($6,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 130 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Maycol Garcia Gutierrez — reported title “COUNTRY DIRE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

130 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 130 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$944 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,572 $6,500
$6,65410th
$22,86425th
$42,129Median
$66,56075th
$86,06990th
$6,500This org · 9th
p10$6,654
p25$22,864
p50$42,129
p75$66,560
p90$86,069
$6,500

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 DE 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
With You International MI$257,591 Founder And Ceo $33,260 $34,055 2024
Elevate Nepal Inc AZ$255,218 Officer $61,836 $58,993 2024
Rooted Wisdom Africa CO$254,549 Executive Dir. $74,167 $70,547 2024
Friends Of Ostomates Worldwide - Usa Inc KY$262,040 Contactor $13,000 $13,498 2025
Companion Community Development IN$262,203 Executive Di $55,567 $58,129 2024
Kizimani OR$250,607 Executive Di $38,220 $35,208 2024
Childrens Rescue Mission Inc CT$263,676 President $72,000 $68,945 2023
Indifly Incorporated MN$265,285 Executive Director $75,000 $75,686 2023
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $35,479 2024
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $15,942 2023
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $50,840 2023
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $42,144 2024
Violet Organization NJ$268,628 President $35,500 $31,442 2024
Face Africa International Inc MA$269,111 Founder Ceo $37,000 $33,957 2023
Global Learning Exchange Initiative MO$269,255 Executive Director $60,000 $64,902 2023
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $16,067 2023
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $19,949 2024
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $29,813 2024
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $44,022 2024
Christian Hands In Action TX$275,812 Executive Di $98,212 $100,334 2023
Hope And Grace International WA$275,831 President $2,132 $1,949 2023
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $82,684 2024
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $973 2024
Village Cooperative Inc IN$276,973 Executive Di $25,000 $26,925 2023
Casa De La Esperanza Homes Of Hope AZ$278,274 Executive Dir. $90,186 $86,039 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Maycol Garcia Gutierrez) 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 130 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,500 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.