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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rise Now Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853338909
NY · NTEE S43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Kui, Executive Director / CEO ($21,938) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christopher Kui — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,517 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,200 $21,938
$31,85810th
$46,17025th
$73,200Median
$117,75675th
$135,05290th
$21,938This org · 9th
p10$31,858
p25$46,170
p50$73,200
p75$117,756
p90$135,052
$21,938

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 NY 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
National Latina Business Women CA$253,923 Exec Director $76,601 $73,200 2024
Shes Well Networked Inc MD$255,004 President $35,680 $36,915 2024
Causa Local Corporation PR$256,853 Executive Di $129,523 $129,523 2024
Women Of Color Entrepreneurs Inc MA$260,431 President $71,500 $73,204 2023
Family Business Network Usa FL$261,078 Executive Director $66,000 $68,614 2024
Owatonna Business Incubator Inc MN$235,748 Executive Di $33,333 $37,527 2023
Launch Inc NC$278,208 Executive Di $111,779 $124,521 2025
Vida Mejor Capital Inc NM$279,345 President $55,000 $65,465 2024
Enterprise Development Corporation MO$285,548 Executive Dir. $100,680 $118,008 2024
Ohio Merchants Baseball Organizatio OH$204,782 Treas/manage $48,000 $54,812 2025
Cohabitat Foundation Inc LA$304,436 Executive Director $65,000 $81,547 2023
Commonwise Education Inc NY$314,772 Executive Dir. $30,769 $30,769 2024
Niche Inc IN$322,461 Executive Director $120,000 $136,434 2025
The Boost Pad NC$171,558 Co-exec. Dir $49,225 $56,287 2024
Tolani Lake Enterprises Inc AZ$345,199 Executive Director $53,820 $57,280 2024
Danville Boyle County Development KY$349,771 Director $29,583 $36,212 2023
Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives IL$358,096 Director $13,565 $14,758 2024
Startupaz Foundation AZ$359,966 President Executive Dir Thru 01/2024 $136,843 $145,641 2024
Nonprofit Solutions CA$361,828 Executive Director $89,238 $87,794 2023
Womens Venture Fund Inc NY$366,243 President & Ceo $159,200 $159,200 2024
Growco Columbia Inc SC$367,881 Executive Director $101,778 $117,503 2024
Iowa Center Loan Fund IA$369,185 President $9,756 $11,517 2025
The Warehouse Business Accelerator CO$370,791 Executive Dir. $80,032 $87,434 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
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 (Christopher Kui) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,938 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.