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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Media For Development International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521659722
WA · NTEE Q300
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Riber, Executive Director / CEO ($28,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 144 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

144 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 144 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,064 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,315 $28,000
$11,03010th
$31,12525th
$55,392Median
$85,30875th
$101,21390th
$28,000This org · 20th
p10$11,030
p25$31,125
p50$55,392
p75$85,308
p90$101,213
$28,000

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 WA 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
Long Way Home Inc OR$317,075 Executive Director $3,500 $3,630 2024
Ccm Evangelical Ministries TX$319,102 President $67,000 $74,858 2024
Global Jothoor Foundation VA$320,739 Ceo $85,785 $95,248 2023
Growth Teams Inc DE$305,982 President And Secretary $68,450 $74,861 2024
Haiti Project Inc NY$305,548 Pres./exec. $63,250 $65,723 2023
Healing Art Missions OH$323,305 Executive Director $83,135 $101,255 2023
Friendly Water For The World WA$324,166 Executive Di $87,984 $87,984 2024
Christian Relief Of Supplies And Service IA$303,596 Key Employee $28,462 $34,808 2024
Glocal Ventures Inc TX$325,568 Vietnam Coun $29,673 $33,153 2024
Amazon Medical Project Inc WI$326,004 Medical Director $30,956 $36,110 2024
Bridge Builders International Inc OK$300,378 President $39,520 $50,041 2023
Big Picture Soccer PA$299,633 Executive Director $70,000 $80,273 2023
Center For Global Strategies Ltd SC$298,414 Executive Director $60,000 $69,914 2024
Ecf International CA$297,935 President/ceo $94,143 $90,799 2024
African Enterprise Inc WA$330,615 Executive Director $100,000 $102,954 2023
Catalyst Ministries TX$297,395 Executive Dir. $56,261 $62,860 2024
Hope On A String MA$295,811 Executive Director $71,135 $73,507 2023
Mission Resource International IN$333,354 Executive Di $43,000 $50,649 2024
Foundation For Philippine Progress OR$333,989 Executive Director $30,000 $32,036 2023
Kairos International Inc IN$334,218 Executive Director $69,000 $83,674 2023
West African Mercy Ministries Inc WI$291,476 Executive Director $76,579 $89,328 2024
Unite To Light Inc CA$336,661 President $100,800 $97,219 2024
Equitarian Initiative MN$290,595 Executive Director $78,600 $86,748 2024
Adventure Travel Conservation Fund WA$289,855 Executive Dir. $91,539 $91,539 2024
Vera Aqua Vera Vita TX$286,608 Executive Director $90,500 $101,114 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (John Riber) 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 144 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.