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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Childrens Network Internationa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830474039
GA · NTEE T12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thampy Mathew, Executive Director / CEO ($9,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,512 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,820 $9,600
$7,62110th
$16,96525th
$41,972Median
$68,10775th
$81,11890th
$9,600This org · 15th
p10$7,621
p25$16,965
p50$41,972
p75$68,107
p90$81,118
$9,600

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 GA 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
Women's Fund Of Greater La Crosse Inc WI$263,732 Executive Director $52,600 $53,067 2024
Ps I Love You Foundation CA$266,739 Key Employee $78,000 $66,986 2023
Straight Street International TN$253,475 Treasurer $41,000 $42,862 2023
Lakes Area United Way MN$271,036 Executive Dir. $66,522 $63,497 2024
Exodus Vision CA$271,629 President $20,833 $17,378 2024
The Lifeshare Foundation OK$248,336 Chief Executive Officer $48,631 $51,730 2024
Angela Stanford Foundation TX$274,306 Executive Dir. $53,750 $51,939 2024
All For Lunch Inc GA$247,690 Executive Director $30,000 $29,139 2024
The Isaacs Foundation TN$276,448 President $16,800 $17,059 2024
Love Our Veterans Inc NC$245,116 President $77,662 $79,808 2023
Laborers' District Council IL$239,085 Chairman $207,244 $196,820 2024
Grant Fuhr Foundation CA$288,111 Event Director $20,000 $16,683 2024
Hope Reigns Charity Foundation Inc CA$288,247 President $26,561 $22,156 2024
Air Capital Charities Inc KS$233,591 President/director $89,357 $93,254 2024
Southwest Members Care Inc TN$231,021 President $161,707 $164,200 2024
Crecer Foundation KS$229,915 Executive Director $28,800 $30,057 2024
Music 4 Miracles Inc FL$228,283 President $70,356 $63,847 2024
Indy Hub Foundation Inc IN$228,023 President $80,100 $81,599 2024
Ur Community Cares Inc CT$225,990 Executive Director $57,640 $52,207 2024
The Marcus Allen Foundation CA$297,468 President And Ceo $94,084 $78,481 2024
Eclesia Christian Apostolic Community Inc FL$222,724 Da Silva Teixeira $45,269 $41,081 2024
Hope For Autumn Foundation AL$222,332 Executive Director $60,049 $62,668 2024
Zeitler Charitable Trust OH$219,576 Trustee $2,000 $2,047 2024
Savannah Smiles Inc LA$305,717 Executive Director $38,000 $40,421 2024
Healing Hand Foundation AK$212,578 Executive Di $40,000 $36,942 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Thampy Mathew) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,600 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.