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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Impact Ministries With The Michalski

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911185460
WA · NTEE Q33Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sara Michalski, Executive Director / CEO ($16,231) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 238 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

238 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 238 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,366 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,082 $16,231
$11,89010th
$25,83725th
$50,004Median
$71,67575th
$104,70390th
$16,231This org · 16th
p10$11,890
p25$25,837
p50$50,004
p75$71,675
p90$104,703
$16,231

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 WA 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
Caleb Corps Inc OR$393,365 Director $126,500 $135,087 2023
Water4life Mozambique Inc FL$394,039 President $70,000 $73,449 2024
Global Care Alliance Inc CA$394,195 President $40,000 $38,579 2024
Americas Hand In Hand MT$394,922 Secretary $2,400 $2,975 2023
Business For Social Good CA$390,472 President & Ceo $70,000 $67,513 2024
Himalayan Childrens Fund CA$390,400 Director $36,000 $35,746 2023
Global Assistance Inc OR$390,374 Ex President $11,333 $11,755 2024
Fne International Inc MA$396,470 Executive Director $31,200 $32,241 2023
Embracing Hope Ethiopia Inc PA$397,418 Managing Dir $35,880 $39,965 2024
Building Everyones Success Together In West Africa TX$387,914 Executive Director $53,648 $59,940 2024
Together Ministry Inc GA$399,401 Founder $15,750 $18,210 2023
Mriya Report Inc CA$399,430 Secretary $7,940 $7,885 2023
Come Go With Us Inc SC$399,686 Treasurer $64,167 $74,770 2024
Freedom Firm Usa VA$385,379 President/treasurer $41,394 $43,491 2025
City Of Refuge Inc SD$400,655 Co-director $48,000 $59,169 2024
Life Connection Mission Inc MD$384,578 Treasurer/se $10,000 $10,173 2025
Refugees United Foundation Usa CA$384,439 Treasurer $64,702 $62,404 2024
Hasten International Inc NC$384,351 Executive Director $115,792 $133,635 2024
Thirst Relief International Inc FL$384,069 Secretary $100,376 $105,322 2024
Wellspringkaritas Foundation PA$402,071 President $86,957 $96,857 2024
The Small Things Inc CT$383,229 Executive Dir. $36,000 $37,701 2024
Acts 4 Rwanda Inc AR$402,991 Executive Dir. $37,926 $49,022 2023
Develop Africa TN$404,644 President/executive Director $25,000 $29,351 2024
Adm Capital Foundation Inc MA$404,766 Clerk $12,300 $12,345 2024
Serving Paraguay Inc OK$405,236 President $33,500 $41,202 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Sara Michalski) 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 238 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,231 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.