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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ikram Foundation For Empowerment

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471523065
VA · NTEE X40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Somayyah Ghariani, Executive Director / CEO ($74,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 870 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Somayyah Ghariani — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

870 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 870 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $490,164 $74,923
$9,75710th
$22,80225th
$40,718Median
$70,29775th
$104,06890th
$74,923This org · 78th
p10$9,757
p25$22,802
p50$40,718
p75$70,297
p90$104,068
$74,923

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 VA 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
Ron Jones Ministries Inc VA$144,758 Secretary $6,250 $6,089 2025
Ministerio Internacional El Gran Yo Soy Inc IN$144,409 Trustees $12,200 $13,718 2023
Jonathan Del Turco Ministries Inc MA$144,922 President $140,625 $130,877 2024
Copeland Family Supporting Organization VA$144,179 Secretary $5,470 $5,470 2024
Espavo NV$144,178 Chairman $72,000 $72,820 2025
Joshua's Way Inc SC$145,119 President $16,500 $17,828 2024
Biblical Faith Ministries Inc TX$144,092 Office Manager $38,196 $40,740 2023
Jesus Spoken Here Ministries Inc GA$145,257 President $94,380 $98,284 2024
Strategies4life Inc FL$143,943 Director $2,000 $1,946 2024
Shekinah Glory Ministries LA$145,272 President $55,235 $64,852 2023
Restoration Ministries Inc AZ$145,293 Director $55,000 $56,401 2023
Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Indianapolis Inc IN$145,334 Executive Director $17,795 $18,934 2025
Withhim Church NV$143,842 Pastor $24,000 $25,652 2023
Eternal Vision Inc WI$143,823 President $12,000 $13,362 2023
New Paradigm Christian Church IN$145,593 Pastor $35,296 $38,550 2024
International Praise Harvest Ministries MD$145,600 General Overseer $30,341 $30,246 2023
Revelation Of Hope Ministries Inc HI$143,550 President Ceo $80,000 $74,180 2024
The Short Grass Foundation OR$145,695 President $8,200 $8,119 2023
Mission 15-21 OR$143,482 President $45,360 $43,627 2024
Campus Christian Fellowship Asu NC$143,336 Sr Campus Minister $62,560 $66,948 2024
Ignition Point Ministries Inc FL$145,924 President $72,277 $70,322 2024
Pearce Foundation Inc IL$143,244 Director $2,263 $2,304 2024
Palisades Church A Nj Nonprofit Cor NJ$146,305 President $40,000 $38,080 2023
Your Torah Tutors MI$146,345 President Treasury Director $33,800 $37,199 2023
Friends Church Extension Fund OR$146,565 Treasurer $10,000 $9,618 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Somayyah Ghariani) 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 870 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,923 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.