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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Guyanese Diaspora Charity

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882481093
PA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mirza Rahman, Executive Director / CEO ($16,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,806 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,944 $16,000
$5,48110th
$9,63425th
$32,501Median
$49,52375th
$69,27290th
$16,000This org · 38th
p10$5,481
p25$9,634
p50$32,501
p75$49,523
p90$69,272
$16,000

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 PA 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
Pasadena-foothill Valley Ywca CA$8,639 Chief Executive Officer $6,148 $5,481 2023
Community Health Foundation Of MA$8,441 Executive Director $9,024 $8,132 2024
Building People Power CA$8,368 Director $80,000 $69,272 2024
Charles W Hoppy Adams Jr Foundation Inc MD$9,248 Chair/ceo $36,000 $33,750 2024
Cooperative Resources Inc MN$9,391 Executive Director $49,980 $49,523 2024
Outfitters Incorporated IN$8,072 Executive Director $9,351 $9,634 2025
Hope For Tomorrow Foundation NY$9,595 Cfo $10,739 $10,018 2023
Generations Restored Youth And Community Center Inc PA$9,650 Field Liaison $7,018 $7,018 2024
Greater Hood Community Development Corporation NY$7,800 Program Director $4,200 $3,806 2024
Mercy Ministries Inc SC$7,684 Director $38,000 $40,927 2023
Community Living Corporation MI$7,665 Ceo $33,282 $34,448 2024
Woodcock Housing Foundation CA$9,871 Ceo $61,000 $54,380 2023
Fitzmaurice Community Services PA$9,975 Chair, Eff. 01-01-2024 $25,163 $25,163 2024
Crudup-ward Activity Center MS$10,615 Ceo $3,950 $4,412 2024
The Hope Project Live Love Serve Inc NC$10,648 Director $55,040 $57,029 2024
Noahh So Inc LA$6,464 Executive Director $10,978 $12,480 2023
Distinct Abilities Childrens Center Inc TX$11,069 President $26,000 $26,080 2024
Life Choice Solutions Inc MI$11,237 Chief Executive Officer $30,500 $32,501 2023
Reclamation And Restoration Ministries Inc LA$6,148 Chairman And Ceo $72,890 $80,484 2024
Transitional Services NY$12,692 Secretary $36,232 $32,831 2024
Thaimex Mission Project Inc CA$13,024 President $133,900 $115,944 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
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 (Mirza Rahman) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.