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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Water4life Mozambique Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465373602
FL · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arnold Estburn, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 237 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Arnold Estburn — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

237 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 237 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,255 total compensation of comparable organizations → $206,888 $70,000
$11,32410th
$24,70625th
$47,680Median
$68,30775th
$99,87190th
$70,000This org · 75th
p10$11,324
p25$24,706
p50$47,680
p75$68,307
p90$99,871
$70,000

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 FL 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
Global Care Alliance Inc CA$394,195 President $40,000 $36,767 2024
Caleb Corps Inc OR$393,365 Director $126,500 $128,743 2023
Americas Hand In Hand MT$394,922 Secretary $2,400 $2,835 2023
Impact Ministries With The Michalski WA$392,818 President & Ceo $16,231 $15,469 2024
Fne International Inc MA$396,470 Executive Director $31,200 $30,727 2023
Embracing Hope Ethiopia Inc PA$397,418 Managing Dir $35,880 $38,088 2024
Business For Social Good CA$390,472 President & Ceo $70,000 $64,343 2024
Himalayan Childrens Fund CA$390,400 Director $36,000 $34,068 2023
Global Assistance Inc OR$390,374 Ex President $11,333 $11,203 2024
Together Ministry Inc GA$399,401 Founder $15,750 $17,355 2023
Mriya Report Inc CA$399,430 Secretary $7,940 $7,514 2023
Come Go With Us Inc SC$399,686 Treasurer $64,167 $71,258 2024
Building Everyones Success Together In West Africa TX$387,914 Executive Director $53,648 $57,125 2024
City Of Refuge Inc SD$400,655 Co-director $48,000 $56,390 2024
Wellspringkaritas Foundation PA$402,071 President $86,957 $92,308 2024
Freedom Firm Usa VA$385,379 President/treasurer $41,394 $41,448 2025
Acts 4 Rwanda Inc AR$402,991 Executive Dir. $37,926 $46,720 2023
Life Connection Mission Inc MD$384,578 Treasurer/se $10,000 $9,695 2025
Refugees United Foundation Usa CA$384,439 Treasurer $64,702 $59,473 2024
Hasten International Inc NC$384,351 Executive Director $115,792 $127,359 2024
Thirst Relief International Inc FL$384,069 Secretary $100,376 $100,376 2024
Develop Africa TN$404,644 President/executive Director $25,000 $27,973 2024
Adm Capital Foundation Inc MA$404,766 Clerk $12,300 $11,766 2024
The Small Things Inc CT$383,229 Executive Dir. $36,000 $35,931 2024
Serving Paraguay Inc OK$405,236 President $33,500 $39,267 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Arnold Estburn) 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 237 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.