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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rise Beyond The Reef

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462759603
WA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janet Lotawa, Executive Director / CEO ($62,177) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Janet Lotawa — reported title “FOUNDER EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,701 total compensation of comparable organizations → $408,206 $62,177
$19,29410th
$34,85525th
$65,611Median
$95,33575th
$116,73990th
$62,177This org · 47th
p10$19,294
p25$34,855
p50$65,611
p75$95,335
p90$116,739
$62,177

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 WA 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
Vision Health International CO$413,232 Executive Di $21,180 $22,684 2024
Village Earth CO$409,567 Executive Director $85,978 $94,803 2023
Hands Offering Hope Foundation Inc CT$406,415 President $19,500 $20,421 2024
Outreach For World Hope Inc WI$425,919 President $30,000 $34,995 2024
God's Littlest Angels Inc CO$402,671 President $19,387 $20,764 2024
Global Healing CA$402,627 Executive Dir. $115,200 $114,390 2023
Chispa Project MO$400,155 Executive Director $52,100 $61,635 2024
Make A Difference Inc ID$400,047 Executive Director $90,579 $104,850 2025
Together For Haiti TX$428,829 Vp/dir Of Op $31,596 $35,302 2024
Ouelessebougou Alliance UT$431,283 Executive Di $49,106 $57,793 2023
Philippine Development Foundation CA$433,006 Executive Director (Until 07/24) $51,820 $49,979 2024
University Of Puerto Rico PR$434,121 Executive Di $31,675 $31,675 2024
Haki Community Organization OR$393,756 President $127,260 $135,899 2023
American Friends Of The Bambi Homes Colombia NY$393,535 Board Member $19,500 $20,263 2023
Arch Inc VA$435,677 Deputy Secretary $65,618 $72,856 2023
Strategies For International Development DC$435,795 Program And Financial Director $63,360 $62,102 2024
Franciscan Family Apostolate Inc CT$392,339 President $35,000 $36,654 2024
Reformation Hope Inc GA$392,259 Executive Director $79,145 $88,885 2024
Acts 29 Ministries Inc OH$392,005 President $25,575 $30,255 2024
African Christian Schools Foundation TN$391,934 Executive Director $80,000 $96,699 2023
Links International TX$391,681 President $31,800 $36,579 2023
Human Rights For Kids DC$391,520 Ceo $125,000 $122,518 2024
Charlies Lunch Ministries TX$391,005 Vice President $65,315 $72,975 2024
Fountains Of Hope International Inc IN$390,209 Executive Dir. $74,627 $87,901 2024
Global Medical Relief Fund Inc NY$439,505 President/ed $126,450 $131,395 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Janet Lotawa) 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 146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,177 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.