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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Challenge International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861167414
CA · NTEE F21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Binush John Mathew, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$14,338 total compensation of comparable organizations → $567,287 $48,000
$28,05010th
$46,99525th
$67,394Median
$95,41075th
$125,42690th
$48,000This org · 25th
p10$28,050
p25$46,995
p50$67,394
p75$95,410
p90$125,426
$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
Men Of Pa A HI$429,115 Executive Director $65,000 $67,394 2024
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council Of Delaware NY$430,396 Executive Dir. $48,827 $51,096 2024
Power Forward Inc MA$430,604 Director $42,290 $44,010 2024
Mountain Top Cares Coalition Inc NY$436,347 Executive Di $88,336 $90,058 2025
Community Prevention Services Inc NC$412,682 President $49,999 $61,596 2023
Recover Wyoming WY$437,174 Executive Director $71,017 $90,669 2023
Palmer Drug Abuse Program Of Lea NM$439,949 Trustee $100,697 $125,426 2024
Uplift Youth Foundation CA$440,987 Executive Director - (Thru 5/2024) $63,497 $63,497 2024
Dream Of Hattiesburg Inc MS$402,862 Excutive Director $84,768 $109,334 2024
Communities Confronting Substance Use & NJ$400,942 President $22,846 $24,320 2023
Matthew's Hope Foundation Inc TX$453,413 Director & Executive Direc $96,000 $111,210 2024
Partnership For A Drug Free Community Inc AL$391,838 Executive Director $59,301 $74,192 2024
Life Align Inc MI$390,123 Executive Di $102,064 $122,000 2024
Alcap AL$388,306 Executive Director $71,045 $88,885 2024
My Life Foundation Inc MD$385,986 President $32,180 $34,841 2024
The Mccoy House Extended Care For Women MS$463,810 Ceo $22,326 $29,646 2023
What's Important Now Foundation OK$380,972 Executive Director $104,459 $133,206 2024
Tri-county Community Partnership Inc NY$469,843 Former Director $58,500 $63,027 2023
Cobb Community Alliance To Prevent GA$473,070 Executive Director $56,000 $67,134 2023
National Asian Pac Am Fam Allied For CA$475,903 Executive Dir. $118,409 $118,409 2024
Columbus County Dream Center Inc NC$364,138 Exe Director $52,010 $62,235 2024
Monroe County Coalition Inc FL$358,422 Executive Di $74,891 $81,476 2024
Day At A Time Club Inc AZ$491,302 Vice President $25,555 $28,462 2024
Operation Snowball Inc IL$355,689 Ceo $32,780 $36,359 2025
Next Steps For Change Inc WI$494,760 Executive Dir. $113,863 $137,712 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 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 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Binush John Mathew) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.