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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rain For The Sahel And Sahara Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731628703
NH · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine Kolios, Executive Director / CEO ($91,183) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1035 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katherine Kolios — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,035 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,035 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $354,187 $91,183
$21,47210th
$43,13925th
$71,439Median
$96,63775th
$124,39090th
$91,183This org · 70th
p10$21,472
p25$43,139
p50$71,439
p75$96,637
p90$124,390
$91,183

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 NH 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
Friendship New Vision Inc OH$494,314 Executive Dire $43,265 $51,093 2023
Assist The Officer Inc TX$495,114 Executive Director $6,630 $7,183 2024
11th Hour Trauma Retreat FL$495,132 Director $153,461 $156,130 2024
The Center Of Owensboro-daviess County Inc KY$493,287 Executive Director $80,000 $93,083 2024
The Valedictorian Project Inc MA$495,790 Executive Director $140,400 $140,673 2023
Aero Missions AL$493,040 Director $66,871 $78,239 2024
Overseed Incorporated MA$492,972 President $153,502 $145,537 2025
The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation VA$492,714 Executive Director $83,140 $89,506 2023
Stand With Trans MI$496,182 Executive Director $92,003 $102,844 2024
Port Neches Riverfest TX$492,530 Executive Di $13,750 $14,896 2024
Elms University Center IL$492,322 Secretary $23,167 $24,666 2024
Oasis Central Minnesota Inc MN$492,322 Executive Director $46,184 $49,423 2024
Runnin Wj Therapeutic Center Inc TX$496,555 Executive Dir. $37,500 $41,825 2023
House Of Grace MS$496,647 Director $61,536 $74,224 2024
Project Sankofa Inc CA$497,251 Executive Dir. $128,565 $120,230 2024
Renew Recovery Cafe Inc FL$497,288 Executive Director $48,125 $48,962 2024
Crush Athletics OR$497,327 Chief Exec Officer $4,000 $4,142 2023
Center For Grief Recovery & Sibling Loss IL$491,066 Executive Director $129,645 $142,111 2023
Fox Families Care PA$497,906 Executive Dir. $54,600 $58,968 2024
Compassus Living Foundation Inc TN$498,227 Executive Director $60,955 $71,439 2023
Center For Change Inc FL$489,919 Executive Director $58,594 $59,613 2024
The Brick House Community Resource MA$489,838 Executive Director $28,080 $27,327 2024
People Of All Colors Succeed Organization MO$499,014 Executive Director - Founder $162,306 $191,674 2023
Maranatha Carlisle PA$499,268 President/ce $51,783 $55,926 2024
Budget And Financial Management Assistance MO$489,388 Executive Director $76,544 $90,394 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Katherine Kolios) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 1035 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,183 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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 13, 2026.