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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tujenge Africa Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810996813
CA · NTEE B40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Etienne Mashuli, Executive Director / CEO ($32,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Etienne Mashuli — reported title “Executive Director Co-Founder”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,626 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,194 $32,000
$6,94110th
$18,40425th
$54,094Median
$95,54075th
$130,78290th
$32,000This org · 39th
p10$6,941
p25$18,404
p50$54,094
p75$95,540
p90$130,782
$32,000

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 CA 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
New York Graduate School Of MA$327,266 President $94,098 $95,115 2024
Poca Technical Institute OR$329,786 Executive Di $40,371 $42,172 2024
Bombers Baseball Academy Fka Uninvited G CA$330,961 Member $64,620 $62,766 2024
Lucent Education Association TX$310,684 President & Ceo $66,300 $76,804 2023
Gcsen Foundation NY$309,912 Managing Director $3,000 $3,049 2024
Greystone Theological Institute PA$344,121 Vice Chairperson $51,750 $58,050 2024
Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation MA$344,692 Part-time Trustee $8,517 $8,609 2024
Northern California Bible College CA$358,037 President $36,000 $34,967 2024
American Conference Of Academic Deans NC$358,957 Executive Director $109,624 $127,413 2024
Islamic University Of Minnesota MN$368,960 Chairman $49,000 $56,071 2023
Endeavor Western New York Inc NY$282,000 Managing Director $170,392 $173,194 2024
Well-being Center Of Colorado CO$276,284 Clinical Director/cofounder $107,197 $115,623 2024
Healthy Routines Inc SC$375,966 Co-executive Director $82,500 $96,813 2024
Henry C Lee Institute Of Forensic Science Inc CT$264,147 Executive Director $12,541 $13,617 2023
Clemente Course In The Humanities Inc MA$389,721 Executive Director $137,161 $138,644 2024
Manara College NJ$253,081 President $9,300 $9,340 2024
Grace Evangelical Inc ME$399,859 Director $20,000 $23,193 2023
Leo Marchutz School Of Painting & Drawing Inc OR$250,985 Executive Director $9,840 $10,279 2024
Jesuit Worlwide Learning - Higher Education At The Margins Usa WA$418,168 Managing Director Chief Operations Officer $123,165 $124,037 2024
Brown Broadcasting Service Inc RI$226,542 Vice President $2,756 $2,973 2024
Insurance Training And AZ$430,270 Vice Preside $72,117 $78,016 2024
The Filipino School CA$437,006 Executive Director $20,000 $20,000 2023
Physicians Leadership Academy OH$440,115 Ceo- Part Year $1,365 $1,626 2024
Take Stock In Children Of Broward FL$440,247 Executive Di $86,991 $91,924 2024
Grace Bible Theological Seminary AR$442,296 Provost $108,062 $140,668 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2023 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 CA 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Etienne Mashuli) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,000 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.