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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jyotis Seeds For Change Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845182113
CO · NTEE K25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Good, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 4 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

Note: fewer than five comparables were available in this dataset (below PeerBasis's internal minimum; the 26 CFR 53.4958-6 small-organization rule involves three). Broaden the data window before relying on this determination.

How comparable organizations were selected

4 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 4 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,100 total compensation of comparable organizations → $59,353 $48,000
$7,43810th
$7,94625th
$27,293Median
$49,60775th
$55,45590th
$48,000This org · 75th
p10$7,438
p25$7,946
p50$27,293
p75$49,607
p90$55,455
$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 CO 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
Food Hub Qalicb Inc NY$6,756 President / Ceo $62,982 $59,353 2024
Gbfb Realty Corporation MA$3,384 President And Clerk $7,576 $7,100 2024
Ncfc Education Foundation DC$7,995 Treasurer/secretary $50,656 $46,358 2024
Open Hand Nmtc Support Corporation GA$8,118 Executive Director $7,622 $8,228 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Karen Good) 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 4 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.5–2× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.