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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Teach For Ethiopia Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842113834
VA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alex Chere, Executive Director / CEO ($81,166) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alex Chere — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$191 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,518 $81,166
$9,75710th
$17,61725th
$38,590Median
$66,39375th
$90,58590th
$81,166This org · 85th
p10$9,757
p25$17,617
p50$38,590
p75$66,393
p90$90,585
$81,166

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 VA 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
Century Association Archives Foundation NY$140,365 Executive Director $89,395 $81,262 2024
Cliquepoint Data Foundation OH$141,860 Executive Director $36,750 $39,157 2024
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics MA$141,886 Executive Director & Presi $65,000 $60,494 2023
The Harry L Dougherty And Sakae K CA$138,680 Executive Dir. $9,827 $8,788 2023
Beyond Diversity Resource Center Inc NJ$136,828 Executive Director $72,000 $66,579 2023
Greenwood Womens Center SC$136,336 Executive Di $36,625 $38,437 2024
Isis Hawaii HI$135,730 President $31,400 $29,116 2023
Beavercreek Freedom Academy OH$144,948 Board Member $15,786 $16,820 2024
Southeastern Ct Chinese School CT$135,480 Principal $1,650 $1,516 2025
Cultivatus Leadership Institute NC$135,415 President $32,625 $34,913 2023
Needs Beyond Medicine UT$135,027 Founder/ceo $37,000 $39,220 2023
The Financial Education And Economic Transformation Center CO$135,000 Executive Director $15,000 $14,896 2023
Pacific Rim Education Foundation Inc HI$146,806 Director And Secretary $39,463 $35,543 2024
North Texas Capacity Builders TX$133,687 Executive Director $38,500 $38,742 2024
Developing Radio Partners Inc DC$147,429 President & Ceo $70,000 $63,619 2023
Mathematics Education Collaborative WA$132,569 Ceo $58,000 $50,892 2025
Zane Access Co GA$130,539 Founder, Chair $44,611 $46,456 2023
Sachem Professional Development Inc NY$130,134 Tech Director $22,000 $19,483 2025
School For Esoteric Studies Inc NC$150,630 Executive Director $30,090 $31,277 2024
Military Intelligence Corps Association Inc AZ$150,680 Director Of Finance $34,131 $33,996 2023
Hawaii Restaurant Association Educational Foundation HI$150,849 Executive Director $25,885 $23,313 2024
Tri-state Area Tuition Mission OH$127,906 President $23,750 $25,306 2024
The Gardens Edge Inc NM$154,271 Executive Dir. $14,400 $16,041 2023
Challenger Learning Center Of NY$155,858 Executive Di $25,090 $22,807 2024
Microfinance Opportunities MA$156,708 Executive Director $1,000 $931 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Alex Chere) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,166 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.