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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Mooncatcher Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472987115
NY · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ellie Von Wellsheim, Executive Director / CEO ($36,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 170 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ellie Von Wellsheim — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

170 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 170 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,026 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,050 $36,200
$10,66610th
$23,50125th
$43,240Median
$65,12275th
$96,75490th
$36,200This org · 42nd
p10$10,666
p25$23,501
p50$43,240
p75$65,122
p90$96,754
$36,200

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 NY 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
Open Institute International Inc DC$228,190 Chairman $66,800 $66,787 2023
Third Day Missions Inc NY$227,765 Executive Director $23,800 $24,503 2023
Warren Majengo Foundation PA$228,965 Executive Director $14,300 $16,247 2023
Ruel Foundation Usa CA$229,495 Board Member $5,401 $5,161 2024
Israel Team Advocates International Inc AL$230,832 President And Ceo $150,000 $179,333 2024
American Medical Institute Inc TX$225,800 Director/manager $55,207 $61,114 2024
Engage Africa IL$230,892 President $37,150 $40,418 2024
Build And Restore International CA$232,223 President $20,000 $19,677 2023
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $26,397 2024
Haitian Artisans For Peace Internat MI$232,790 Treasurer $50,231 $57,376 2024
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $38,120 2024
His Cherished Ones Inc FL$233,345 President $26,127 $27,162 2024
Evanjafrica Inc SC$234,392 Founder & Ex $54,000 $64,185 2023
Least Of These Ministries Inc MD$222,248 President & Executive Director $42,600 $44,075 2024
Mission Of Truth TN$235,100 Vice President $60,000 $71,856 2023
Bless The Children Inc FL$235,412 Exec Director $10,200 $10,331 2025
Zeelo Inc KS$220,438 Director $106,000 $126,729 2024
United Liberia Inland Church Associates And Friends Inc IL$237,373 Executive Director $50,000 $56,005 2023
Cattle For Christ International Inc AL$218,962 President $79,000 $97,238 2023
Tcf Mercy Inc IN$237,827 Field Representative $6,000 $7,209 2023
His Children International Corp FL$218,477 President $60,000 $64,219 2023
Touch The Nations NE$218,103 President $8,950 $10,967 2023
Partners With Ethiopia MN$239,245 Executive Director/president $22,000 $24,768 2023
Reach India Inc IN$240,370 Executive Director $34,365 $41,289 2023
The Senegal Health Institute CA$240,744 Exec Director $58,240 $55,654 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Ellie Von Wellsheim) 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 170 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,200 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.