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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Amani Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872797233
GA · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mikel Delagrange, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 186 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

186 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 186 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,927 total compensation of comparable organizations → $533,942 $10,000
$18,83910th
$34,14825th
$59,547Median
$77,77375th
$98,45190th
$10,000This org · 6th
p10$18,839
p25$34,148
p50$59,547
p75$77,773
p90$98,451
$10,000

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 GA 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
Hope Impacts TX$365,397 Executive Di $61,066 $59,009 2024
Inner City Youth Opportunities OH$365,922 Pres $27,800 $28,443 2024
The Kindness Project PA$361,734 Executive Director $62,810 $62,295 2023
Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf SC$360,613 Executive Director $68,497 $69,031 2024
Fiel Houston Inc TX$360,472 President $23,400 $22,612 2024
Hale County Meals On Wheels TX$360,074 Executive Di $62,813 $59,132 2025
Family Advocacy In Champaign County IL$359,272 Executive Director $53,050 $50,382 2024
In Step With Horsesinc OH$369,696 President $16,500 $16,882 2024
The Hope Shot Inc FL$371,933 Executive Director $21,892 $19,867 2024
Community Kitchen Of Torrington Inc CT$371,968 Executive Dir. $69,500 $64,809 2023
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission PA$356,280 Director $2,940 $2,833 2024
Goodwill East Building Inc LA$356,182 President And Ceo $20,500 $21,806 2024
Lifenet Foundation VA$374,374 Board Member $572,453 $533,942 2024
Spirit Of A Hero Foundation TX$376,309 Secretary $21,828 $21,093 2024
Gendernexus Inc IN$377,270 Executive Director $67,100 $68,356 2024
His Hands Auto Repair Ministry Inc PA$350,054 Member / Emp $59,644 $57,458 2024
Hampton Transitional Academy Inc SC$379,061 President $120,538 $121,477 2024
Oregon Representative Payee Program OR$349,233 Executive Director $85,589 $76,781 2024
St Francis Food Pantry Inc WI$380,101 Executive Di $63,618 $64,182 2024
United Citizens Coalition Inc FL$380,105 President $53,995 $49,000 2024
Twu Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fund NY$380,217 President $5,715 $5,136 2023
3hopeful Hearts CO$347,957 Executive Director $40,704 $37,703 2024
Supportive Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa OK$347,950 Ceo $20,300 $22,231 2023
Love Beyond Walls Inc GA$381,216 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2023
Ministry Against The Death Penalty LA$343,734 Director $42,406 $45,107 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Mikel Delagrange) 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 186 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.