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Compensation Comparability Determination

Simplify Global Education Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872885534
VA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ghulam Sarwar, Executive Director / CEO ($68,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80^th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

SectorOrganizations sharing the subject's NTEE classification (B99).
BudgetTotal revenue between $208,621 and $467,064 — 0.67× to 1.50× the subject's $311,376 (the band tightens as size grows).
GeographySame NTEE sector (B99) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue.

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography → 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22,38910th

$26,98125th

$28,774Median

$51,12875th

$87,12590th

$68,600This org · 80th

p10$22,389

p25$26,981

p50$28,774

p75$51,128

p90$87,125

$68,600

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.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Foundation For Mechanical Insulation	VA	$313,025	$44,179	990
The Life Fund	VA	$339,543	$28,774	990
The Channel Inc	VA	$280,042	$47,791	990
Teacher Education Division Of The	VA	$278,269	$69,185	990
Quality Care Community Service Inc	VA	$356,347	$99,085	990
The Growing Tree Learning Center	VA	$366,924	$51,358	990
Aamva Region I Inc	VA	$367,811	$26,981	990
Evangelicals For Democracy	VA	$252,763	$20,157	990
Faith Bible College	VA	$248,443	$50,898	990
Aamva Region Ii Inc	VA	$395,339	$26,981	990
Sunshine Academy Summer School	VA	$396,640	$25,738	990
The Mehta Foundation Inc	VA	$225,050	$288,270	990
Aamva Region Iii Inc	VA	$223,129	$26,981	990
Aamva Region Iv Inc	VA	$409,582	$26,981	990
Steamimagine	VA	$464,600	$20,000	990

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

Peer count15 organizations. Compensation range $20,000–$288,270; filing years 2023–2024.
Size basisMatched on total revenue ($311,376); for reference, expenses $233,487 and assets $166,012.
Role matchGhulam Sarwar, reported title "President", benchmarked as Executive Director / CEO. Selected as the organization's highest-paid individual without an exact title match — the board should confirm this is a comparable role.
Related-org pay6 peers report related-organization compensation (column E), which the D + F benchmark does not fully capture; review where material.
Outliers2 peers fall outside 1.5× the interquartile range — consider whether any reflect one-time payments (severance, deferred-comp payouts).

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	80^th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	87^th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	80^th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	40^th

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Ghulam Sarwar) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,600 is reasonable (approximately the 80^th 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). 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.