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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Equipping Farmers International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 640895381
TN · NTEE Q300
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 11, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Frank Sindler, Executive Director / CEO ($34,050) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,300 total compensation of comparable organizations → $347,689 $34,050
$15,60810th
$31,02125th
$55,444Median
$83,86675th
$116,59890th
$34,050This org · 28th
p10$15,608
p25$31,021
p50$55,444
p75$83,866
p90$116,598
$34,050

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
Give Us Wings MN$489,219 Executive Director $62,000 $58,283 2024
Habibi International CA$489,405 Ceo $21,121 $17,351 2024
Andando Foundation OR$490,653 Executive Director $59,325 $51,061 2025
Survival International (Usa) CA$485,822 Us Director $84,937 $69,775 2024
Center For Renewable Energy And OR$481,404 Co-exec Dire $46,132 $40,757 2024
Kids Play International Inc UT$497,148 Former Cfotreasurerdirector $9,000 $8,763 2024
Freedom Research Foundation DC$479,460 Ceo/president $115,000 $98,842 2023
Action Kivu Inc CA$497,688 Exec Dir & Secr $2,800 $2,300 2024
El Enjambre Colectivo Inc PR$478,264 Founder $28,250 $28,250 2024
Physicians For Peace VA$499,826 Ceo (Thru 9/24) $162,927 $145,802 2025
Hands Of Freedom MN$476,698 President $30,000 $28,201 2024
Cispes Education Fund DC$472,949 President $44,616 $38,347 2023
Empowering Action VA$510,231 In-country Director $60,226 $55,322 2024
Give Chances Inc NJ$511,439 Secretary And Ed $115,990 $98,522 2024
Amistad International CA$463,086 Executive Direc $12,000 $9,858 2024
New Frontiers Health Force Inc FL$460,266 Director $40,080 $35,820 2024
Open Arms Worldwide VA$457,425 President/executive Direct $41,052 $37,709 2024
Asian Evangelistic Organization Inc CA$522,961 President $205,797 $169,061 2024
Seed India TN$524,172 Director $54,401 $56,008 2023
The Womens Institute For Secondary Ed NC$451,104 Executive Dir. $65,974 $66,768 2023
Global Renewal Inc PA$525,894 President $100,080 $94,948 2024
New Covenant World Missions OH$450,873 President Ncwm $138,042 $143,203 2023
American Physicians Fellowship Inc For MA$526,140 Executive Director $141,452 $124,499 2023
Center For Getting Things Started HI$450,454 Executive Di $98,393 $83,806 2024
Fundacion Costa Rica - Estados Unidos De $450,433 Executive Director $162,780 $162,780 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Frank Sindler) 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 11, 2026, comparing compensation against 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,050 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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 11, 2026.