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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fathers Table Mission

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831860004
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeongseok Ko, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 115 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

115 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 115 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,911 $48,000
$15,33210th
$36,49925th
$67,190Median
$104,81675th
$128,30490th
$48,000This org · 37th
p10$15,332
p25$36,499
p50$67,190
p75$104,816
p90$128,304
$48,000

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
Raise Funds Inc CA$488,176 Ceo $36,000 $34,967 2024
Neurotalent Works Inc CA$473,288 Executive Director $109,341 $109,341 2023
Kulungu For Congo CA$466,394 Executive Director $50,000 $47,314 2025
Catholic Worker Hospitality House CA$465,519 Director, Board Member $52,530 $51,023 2024
Project Sankofa Inc CA$497,251 Executive Dir. $128,565 $124,876 2024
Broom Homestead Inc CA$460,183 President & Ceo $98,000 $95,188 2024
Best Step Forward CA$502,408 President $67,190 $67,190 2023
Catalyst San Gabriel Valley Incorporated CA$459,052 Ceo $50,909 $50,909 2023
Community Working Group CA$457,355 Chief Real Estate Officer $28,315 $28,315 2023
Southeast Asian Community Alliance CA$506,525 Board Member Executive Director $111,250 $108,058 2024
Warfighter Made CA$451,431 Executive Dir. $62,100 $62,100 2023
Ben Lim Ministries CA$450,871 President & Pastor $37,300 $37,300 2023
Recovery Cafe Santa Cruz CA$450,603 Exec Dir/pre $17,920 $17,920 2023
Seeds Of Love CA$449,576 President $36,159 $36,159 2023
Run 2 Rescue CA$515,231 Chairman $5,696 $5,533 2024
Imago Dei Ministries CA$444,143 Executive Director $41,998 $41,998 2023
Spec Labs Inc CA$442,366 President $75,275 $73,115 2024
Instituto De Avance Integral Latino Cdc CA$441,139 Executive Director $100,000 $97,131 2024
All My Usos CA$438,238 Executive Director $5,542 $5,383 2024
Girlventures CA$524,381 Executive Dir. $110,000 $106,844 2024
Olinga Learning CA$436,788 Executive & Engineering Di $111,380 $108,185 2024
Silver Streak CA$436,590 Director $21,000 $21,000 2023
Trusting Connections CA$433,862 Ceo $122,413 $118,901 2024
Creative World Art Center CA$529,181 Executive Director $44,575 $43,296 2024
Urban Voices Project CA$529,612 Executive Director $77,118 $74,905 2024

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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Jeongseok Ko) 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 115 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.