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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wide Awake International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462929473
OR · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jed Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 214 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jed Johnson — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

214 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 214 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,971 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,982 $30,000
$10,49110th
$22,77625th
$42,447Median
$63,77475th
$93,23690th
$30,000This org · 36th
p10$10,491
p25$22,776
p50$42,447
p75$63,774
p90$93,236
$30,000

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 OR 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
Waypoint Relief MD$280,283 President $132,000 $136,814 2023
Gideon Brothers Mission World WA$280,099 President $48,344 $47,985 2023
Friends Of St Bartholomew's NJ$278,831 Vp/secretary $12,500 $12,018 2024
The Sacred Portion Childrens Outreach Inc MT$282,420 Treasurer $20,820 $24,881 2023
Adf Haiti Inc FL$282,705 Ceo $30,750 $32,025 2023
Afghan Literacy Foundation CA$284,594 Executive Director $13,000 $12,088 2024
Universal Promise RI$276,299 Director $83,600 $88,870 2023
Zimele Usa A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$285,114 Executive Director $50,417 $48,473 2024
Onmission Partners CA$275,568 Ceo & Secret $30,000 $28,719 2023
Innovative Education International Inc IN$274,955 Executive Director $21,000 $24,551 2023
Project R12 TN$286,284 Co-founder P $18,000 $20,374 2024
The Baobab Home NJ$272,610 Founding Director Ceo $55,020 $52,898 2024
Upright Africa Inc TX$272,522 Officer/founder $34,046 $37,757 2023
Chalice Of Mercy Inc WI$272,231 President $55,836 $62,793 2024
Gc Ministries Inc NC$289,428 Officer $56,000 $64,148 2023
Isaacs Dream Inc MO$270,534 President $2,000 $2,281 2024
Mobilization Resources AL$292,269 Executive Director $22,000 $25,593 2024
Cure Glaucoma Foundation TX$267,724 Exec Dir/treas $25,738 $27,724 2024
Project Ethiopia WA$267,500 Executive Director $14,624 $14,099 2024
City Of Refuge International Inc OR$267,483 President $47,580 $48,985 2023
Prayer Plan Missions Inc OH$266,690 Honduras Field Director $14,000 $15,967 2024
Second Mountain Ministries TX$266,325 Director $165,000 $182,982 2023
Children Rescues International SD$265,523 Board Member $5,847 $6,949 2024
Sanitation And Health Rights In India LA$295,850 Founding Dir. $48,500 $57,508 2024
Directconnect Humanitarian Aid Inc MI$264,240 President $22,127 $24,593 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Jed Johnson) 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 214 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.