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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Film School Africa Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462564027
OH · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathleen Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 144 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kathleen Taylor — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

144 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 144 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$923 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,265 $48,000
$7,42910th
$21,74525th
$42,582Median
$70,38775th
$87,58890th
$48,000This org · 53rd
p10$7,429
p25$21,745
p50$42,582
p75$70,387
p90$87,588
$48,000

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 OH 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
Present Hope Ministry Inc GA$283,117 President $25,310 $24,664 2024
Yspaniola Incorporated MA$282,956 Executive Director $40,384 $35,169 2024
Vera Aqua Vera Vita TX$286,608 Executive Director $90,500 $87,733 2024
Foundation For A Civil Society Ltd NY$280,153 President $60,000 $52,544 2024
Tent Schools International MI$279,835 President $12,283 $12,649 2023
Casa De La Esperanza Homes Of Hope AZ$278,274 Executive Dir. $90,186 $84,056 2024
Adventure Travel Conservation Fund WA$289,855 Executive Dir. $91,539 $79,426 2024
Village Cooperative Inc IN$276,973 Executive Di $25,000 $26,304 2023
Equitarian Initiative MN$290,595 Executive Director $78,600 $75,269 2024
Hope And Grace International WA$275,831 President $2,132 $1,904 2023
Christian Hands In Action TX$275,812 Executive Di $98,212 $98,022 2023
West African Mercy Ministries Inc WI$291,476 Executive Director $76,579 $77,507 2024
Hope On A String MA$295,811 Executive Director $71,135 $63,780 2023
Catalyst Ministries TX$297,395 Executive Dir. $56,261 $54,542 2024
Ecf International CA$297,935 President/ceo $94,143 $78,783 2024
Global Learning Exchange Initiative MO$269,255 Executive Director $60,000 $63,407 2023
Face Africa International Inc MA$269,111 Founder Ceo $37,000 $33,174 2023
Center For Global Strategies Ltd SC$298,414 Executive Director $60,000 $60,663 2024
Violet Organization NJ$268,628 President $35,500 $30,717 2024
Big Picture Soccer PA$299,633 Executive Director $70,000 $69,649 2023
Bridge Builders International Inc OK$300,378 President $39,520 $43,419 2023
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $34,662 2024
Indifly Incorporated MN$265,285 Executive Director $75,000 $73,942 2023
Childrens Rescue Mission Inc CT$263,676 President $72,000 $67,357 2023
Christian Relief Of Supplies And Service IA$303,596 Key Employee $28,462 $30,202 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Kathleen Taylor) 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 144 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.