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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Qari

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831122803
NJ · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rashid Ahmadi, Executive Director / CEO ($81,107) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 287 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rashid Ahmadi — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

287 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 287 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$562 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,718 $81,107
$18,14210th
$36,39225th
$58,338Median
$88,80375th
$129,80990th
$81,107This org · 69th
p10$18,142
p25$36,392
p50$58,338
p75$88,803
p90$129,809
$81,107

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 NJ 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
Save The Nations Ministries KY$344,301 Director $63,414 $76,307 2023
Soul Care Institute CO$344,293 President $45,000 $48,328 2023
Princess Promise Inc TX$347,092 President $30,000 $32,646 2024
Prepare International Nfp NC$343,113 Director & Treasurer $49,500 $55,642 2024
The Journey Project WA$342,793 Executive Director To August 2024 $19,773 $19,259 2024
Ten 24 Inc TX$342,607 President $68,255 $76,471 2023
Woolman Hill Inc MA$342,325 Executive Director $50,036 $50,360 2023
Cottage Cove Company TN$349,073 Executive Director $59,705 $68,274 2024
Global Ministries And Relief Inc FL$341,186 President $73,600 $75,218 2024
The Center Of Rational Spirituality NC$350,237 Ceo $17,800 $20,600 2023
Relational Tithe Inc CA$340,271 President/co-founder $101,000 $97,681 2023
Freedom In Christ Residential Centers TX$351,232 Executive Director $41,400 $46,383 2023
Florence Villa Community Development FL$352,472 Executive Director $84,505 $88,914 2023
The Russian Orthodox Church Of The NY$338,127 Coo $12,700 $12,853 2023
Awe Star Ministries Inc OK$337,760 Sec'y/treasurer $24,668 $30,423 2023
Sherman Aten Ministries Inc TX$353,663 President $96,015 $101,792 2025
Overcomers Mission Schools PA$337,129 Director & C $22,700 $24,627 2024
Holy Martyrs Of England And Wales CA$354,872 Cfo $40,000 $36,607 2025
Challenge Golf Association TN$335,777 President $82,500 $94,340 2024
Institute For Ministry Development CO$355,106 President $67,701 $70,623 2024
Matthew Fox Legacy Project CA$335,723 Treasurer $39,000 $36,636 2024
The Layne WA$335,146 Foundation Mgr. $73,250 $71,345 2024
New Hope Correctional Ministry MA$334,774 Exec Directo $72,509 $70,885 2024
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $29,122 2024
Word Of Messiah Ministries Inc NC$334,577 President $140,547 $157,986 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Rashid Ahmadi) 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 287 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,107 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.