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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sakala International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833881370
ME · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Young, Executive Director / CEO ($3,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 109 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Nancy Young — reported title “Executive director board member”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

109 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 109 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$951 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,814 $3,300
$6,72110th
$23,57025th
$42,427Median
$68,36575th
$86,67990th
$3,300This org · 4th
p10$6,721
p25$23,570
p50$42,427
p75$68,365
p90$86,679
$3,300

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 ME 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
Studio Samuel Foundation Inc NC$231,084 Founder/executive Director $81,343 $86,416 2023
Goodjustice SC$235,444 President $40,500 $43,441 2023
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $25,712 2023
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $979 2024
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $83,241 2024
Connect Ministries WA$227,919 Executive Di $45,432 $40,621 2024
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $44,319 2024
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $69,229 2024
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $30,014 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $35,228 2022
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $20,083 2024
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $16,176 2023
Raiz Ministry TX$221,533 Director $4,800 $4,795 2024
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $95,247 2022
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $951 2025
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $42,427 2024
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $51,182 2023
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $16,049 2023
Hands Of Grace Guatemala Inc IN$217,944 President $60,000 $63,189 2024
Global Alliance For Africa IL$217,320 Executive Di $4,000 $3,927 2024
Living Hope Ministries In Haiti Inc OH$216,615 Presient $6,770 $7,372 2023
The Alta Project WA$215,385 Executive Dir. $30,770 $28,324 2023
Kizimani OR$250,607 Executive Di $38,220 $35,446 2024
Hope For Our Sisters Inc MA$212,996 President And Director $10,000 $9,618 2022
Rooted Wisdom Africa CO$254,549 Executive Dir. $74,167 $71,022 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Nancy Young) 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 109 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,300 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.