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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sweetwater Outreach Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462360546
AL · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret Blevins, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$882 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,193 $18,000
$6,07610th
$15,67925th
$33,022Median
$60,65075th
$77,02590th
$18,000This org · 27th
p10$6,076
p25$15,679
p50$33,022
p75$60,650
p90$77,025
$18,000

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 AL 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
The Medical Centers Of West Africa Inc LA$206,663 Team Leader $55,800 $58,554 2023
Mae El Salvador OH$205,761 Cofounder $20,968 $21,164 2023
Serving Our Neighbor International MI$207,383 Vice President $16,187 $15,465 2024
Creative Women Of The World Inc IN$205,034 Executive Dir. $43,677 $42,635 2024
Capacitar Inc CA$208,079 Executive Dir. $102,354 $81,810 2024
The Rose International Fund For Children WA$204,515 Executive Director/president $7,307 $6,235 2023
Advocates For Africa's Children WA$208,526 Pres, Exec D $31,038 $25,722 2024
American Pakistan Foundation DC$208,528 Director Of Operations $118,775 $96,478 2024
Pimentel Project Inc NC$203,239 Executive Secretary $15,996 $15,750 2023
Vietnamese American Nongovernmental CA$209,651 President $30,500 $25,098 2023
Athanatos World Inc CO$210,132 Executive Director $135,417 $120,193 2024
Bridging Hope Inc CO$202,194 Founder Ed $37,110 $32,938 2024
Pinetree Aid CA$211,036 President $24,500 $19,583 2024
Families Mentoring Families UT$200,946 President $18,000 $17,053 2024
Advocates For Massachusetts Charter MA$200,000 Clerk $9,266 $7,707 2024
Hope For Our Sisters Inc MA$212,996 President And Director $10,000 $8,914 2022
Orphans International Helpline MI$199,233 President $48,000 $47,215 2023
For The Love Of Mateoinc MO$198,616 Edwards $6,337 $6,213 2024
The Alta Project WA$215,385 Executive Dir. $30,770 $26,253 2023
Living Hope Ministries In Haiti Inc OH$216,615 Presient $6,770 $6,833 2023
Global Alliance For Africa IL$217,320 Executive Di $4,000 $3,640 2024
Hands Of Grace Guatemala Inc IN$217,944 President $60,000 $58,568 2024
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $882 2025
Every Tribe International CO$192,674 Executive Director $70,000 $62,130 2024
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $88,282 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Margaret Blevins) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.