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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Soar Marrakech

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464530213
DC · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maryam Montague, Executive Director / CEO ($48,379) 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 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maryam Montague — reported title “CO-FOUNDER & CEO”, 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

$2,239 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,528 $48,379
$17,12810th
$33,90625th
$61,784Median
$89,74575th
$117,14590th
$48,379This org · 40th
p10$17,128
p25$33,906
p50$61,784
p75$89,745
p90$117,145
$48,379

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 DC 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
Latin American Missions Board Inc WI$356,780 Missionary D $32,998 $39,272 2024
Forget Me Not Ministries Inc IN$359,736 President $45,736 $56,586 2023
World Wide Hispanic Outreach Inc IN$351,602 Executive Director $24,000 $28,842 2024
Reincorporated Nfp TX$363,645 President, Ceo $25,000 $29,339 2023
Africa Fire Mission OH$363,661 Executive Director $85,000 $102,593 2024
Iron Sharpens Iron Mentoring Inc NV$363,712 Executive Director $64,989 $74,235 2024
Giao Diem Humanitarian Foundation Inc CA$363,955 Director $5,000 $4,920 2024
Apparent Project WA$364,312 President $10,500 $11,029 2023
Women In The Window International Inc FL$349,140 Executive Director $79,217 $87,309 2023
Be Free Revolution Inc TN$365,192 President $39,005 $46,722 2024
Mexico Ministries Inc TX$348,483 President $35,896 $42,127 2023
The Vimm Fund World Missions Dp Cog SC$367,138 Executive Director $9,906 $11,777 2024
Konbit Haiti AL$367,155 Co-executive Director $26,017 $32,030 2024
Mission Housing Ministries Inc FL$346,937 Director $59,896 $64,121 2024
Alongsideasia Inc GA$367,472 Trustee $31,000 $36,570 2023
Speak Up Africa Inc NY$345,613 Ceo/executive Director $200,000 $212,031 2023
The Humanity Share Inc IL$368,692 Treasurer $59,573 $68,713 2023
International Association For Hospice And Palliative Care Inc TX$369,777 Executive Director $6,000 $7,041 2023
Wells 4 Wellness Inc UT$342,979 Vice President $46,667 $54,428 2024
International Accountability Project NY$342,608 Executive Director $116,350 $119,810 2024
Heart To Heart International Ministries Inc CA$341,867 President $30,000 $29,520 2024
Friendship With Cambodia OR$374,761 Treasurer $93,113 $98,538 2024
Right Steps Inc GA$374,765 Executive Di $58,321 $66,825 2024
New Korea Foundation International MN$376,598 Ceo, President $9,000 $10,434 2023
Millennium Campus Network Inc MA$376,676 Executive Director $68,376 $70,019 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Maryam Montague) 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 $48,379 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.