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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Haiti Reforestation Partnership

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581933713
VA · NTEE Q300
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Anello, Executive Director / CEO ($44,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Anello — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$987 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,703 $44,000
$6,95610th
$24,06225th
$38,287Median
$69,41475th
$89,78790th
$44,000This org · 53rd
p10$6,956
p25$24,062
p50$38,287
p75$69,414
p90$89,787
$44,000

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 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
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $53,079 2023
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $16,644 2023
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $16,775 2023
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $20,827 2024
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $31,126 2024
Kizimani OR$250,607 Executive Di $38,220 $36,760 2024
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $45,962 2024
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $86,327 2024
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $1,016 2024
Rooted Wisdom Africa CO$254,549 Executive Dir. $74,167 $73,655 2024
Elevate Nepal Inc AZ$255,218 Officer $61,836 $61,591 2024
Goodjustice SC$235,444 President $40,500 $45,051 2023
Neighbors To Nicaragua DE$257,053 Country Dire $6,500 $6,786 2023
With You International MI$257,591 Founder And Ceo $33,260 $35,555 2024
Sakala International ME$232,834 Executive Director Board Member $3,300 $3,422 2024
Studio Samuel Foundation Inc NC$231,084 Founder/executive Director $81,343 $89,620 2023
Friends Of Ostomates Worldwide - Usa Inc KY$262,040 Contactor $13,000 $14,092 2025
Companion Community Development IN$262,203 Executive Di $55,567 $60,690 2024
Childrens Rescue Mission Inc CT$263,676 President $72,000 $71,983 2023
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $26,665 2023
Connect Ministries WA$227,919 Executive Di $45,432 $42,127 2024
Indifly Incorporated MN$265,285 Executive Director $75,000 $79,020 2023
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $71,795 2024
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $37,042 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $36,534 2022

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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Michael Anello) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,000 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.