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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ten Thousand Villages

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621854313
TN · NTEE P99
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shifa Kazmi, Executive Director / CEO ($15,644) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 337 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shifa Kazmi — reported title “Manager”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

337 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 337 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $214,186 $15,644
$5,12510th
$11,19325th
$22,988Median
$40,45075th
$60,77990th
$15,644This org · 33rd
p10$5,125
p25$11,193
p50$22,988
p75$40,450
p90$60,779
$15,644

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 TN 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
Five Rivers Homes Inc MD$62,184 Director Of Finance (Beginning 8/22) $6,036 $5,674 2023
Harmarville Outreach Programs And PA$62,172 Executive Director $58,870 $57,329 2024
Source Studio Inc NC$62,108 Executive Di $80,450 $83,572 2023
A Step Ahead Foundation West Tennessee TN$62,302 Executive Dir. $73,429 $77,598 2023
Lights 4 Hope Inc FL$62,011 President, Treasurer, Director $4,937 $4,663 2023
Noah Project Foundation TX$62,462 Executive Director $8,623 $8,672 2023
Mosaic Housing Corp Xvi - Farmington NE$62,467 President $26,896 $28,249 2024
United States International Council On VA$61,884 Executive Director $82,790 $78,060 2024
1542 Constance Street Inc LA$62,500 Ceo $15,237 $16,868 2023
Pandemic Patients SC$62,724 President $26,000 $26,488 2024
A Brighter Community Inc FL$61,618 Executive Director $62,113 $56,980 2024
Southwest Asylum & Migration Inst NM$62,792 Secretary/tr $22,260 $23,380 2024
Hope 4 Mobility Inc FL$62,847 Presidentbod $18,000 $17,000 2023
Pride Center West Texas TX$61,426 Executive Director $13,540 $13,226 2024
Nigerian Center Inc DC$63,152 Executive Director $4,750 $4,191 2023
Unifying Meditation Institute CO$63,184 Founder/edu. $31,200 $30,077 2023
Passavant Memorial Homes Housing PA$63,242 Ceo & President $36,502 $35,547 2024
Four Seasons Community Housing Inc MN$63,260 Executive Vp Of Commonbon Housing $18,918 $18,793 2023
Troy Masonic Community Center Ltd NY$61,111 Treasurer $600 $530 2024
Family Services Of Western Pennsylvania PA$61,058 Ceo $28,093 $28,166 2023
Pgc Qalicb PA$61,000 Treasurer $10,847 $10,563 2024
Successful Living Center AL$60,911 Executive Director/ceo $20,400 $21,522 2024
Global Emergency Response And Assistance NJ$63,499 Director Of Programming $11,500 $10,323 2023
Npx Charitable Inc CA$63,502 President $10,000 $8,682 2023
Izzys Angels Inc MD$60,824 Executive Director $52,000 $48,876 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 TN 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Shifa Kazmi) 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 337 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,644 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.