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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Coffee Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800202426
NM · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Griffith, Executive Director / CEO ($6,573) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mark Griffith — reported title “SECRETARY/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,727 $6,573
$4,33910th
$12,54125th
$26,370Median
$48,41875th
$74,58490th
$6,573This org · 17th
p10$4,339
p25$12,541
p50$26,370
p75$48,418
p90$74,584
$6,573

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 NM 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
Himalayan Healthcare Inc NY$167,365 Director $38,280 $32,161 2024
Make Life Skate Life CO$175,405 President $24,000 $22,029 2023
Cdi International Inc NY$165,000 President $36,000 $30,245 2024
International Medicine Network Inc OK$177,364 President $43,017 $44,040 2024
New Asia Foundation For Education CA$178,689 President $7,500 $6,200 2023
Godesign Inc GA$178,799 Ceo $57,200 $53,473 2024
Mbeya CA$178,935 Chief Executive $77,004 $63,648 2023
His Heart For Africa Inc TN$155,057 President $4,900 $4,930 2023
Women To The World Inc GA$186,095 President $22,800 $21,944 2023
Friends Of The Third World Inc IN$187,426 President/administrative Coordinator $3,200 $3,138 2024
Children At Heart Adoption Svcs Inc NC$187,892 President $50,400 $48,418 2024
Key Of Hope MI$192,227 President $4,000 $3,839 2024
Every Tribe International CO$192,674 Executive Director $70,000 $62,406 2024
For The Love Of Mateoinc MO$198,616 Edwards $6,337 $6,240 2024
Orphans International Helpline MI$199,233 President $48,000 $47,424 2023
World Dental Relief Inc OK$140,901 President $84,400 $86,407 2024
Advocates For Massachusetts Charter MA$200,000 Clerk $9,266 $7,742 2024
Nanubhai Education Foundation Inc GA$140,204 Executive Director $8,400 $7,853 2024
Families Mentoring Families UT$200,946 President $18,000 $17,128 2024
Bridging Hope Inc CO$202,194 Founder Ed $37,110 $33,084 2024
M&g Etomi Foundation NC$138,000 President $1 $1 2023
Pimentel Project Inc NC$203,239 Executive Secretary $15,996 $15,820 2023
The Rose International Fund For Children WA$204,515 Executive Director/president $7,307 $6,262 2023
Creative Women Of The World Inc IN$205,034 Executive Dir. $43,677 $42,824 2024
Mae El Salvador OH$205,761 Cofounder $20,968 $21,258 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Mark Griffith) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,573 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.