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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cooperative Aid Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921382564
TN · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michele Wyatt, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 192 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

192 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 192 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,691 total compensation of comparable organizations → $157,022 $50,000
$8,95910th
$20,35825th
$36,753Median
$54,71475th
$81,14990th
$50,000This org · 70th
p10$8,959
p25$20,358
p50$36,753
p75$54,714
p90$81,149
$50,000

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 TN 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
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation Inc CA$260,470 Ceo $108,806 $86,819 2024
Nations Training Institute Inc TX$259,405 President $52,523 $48,549 2024
South Asia Access IL$259,010 Ce0 $24,000 $22,447 2023
Advanced Center For Eyecare Global CA$258,535 Executive Dir. $75,000 $61,612 2023
Santiago Panama Mission Adventures TX$262,033 President $18,300 $16,916 2024
Mercy Smiles International Outreach TX$262,415 Board Member, Vice President, Former President $1,830 $1,691 2024
Creole Inc Haiti FL$257,320 Executive Director $50,600 $43,925 2024
The Charis Project CA$263,271 Ceo $24,000 $19,150 2024
Troup Family Ministries Inc TX$263,285 President $15,000 $13,865 2024
Star Of Hope International America Inc KS$263,394 Ceo $59,400 $59,299 2024
Directconnect Humanitarian Aid Inc MI$264,240 President $22,127 $21,104 2024
Nicaragua Advances In Christian TX$255,440 Board Member $40,800 $37,713 2024
Children Rescues International SD$265,523 Board Member $5,847 $5,963 2024
Second Mountain Ministries TX$266,325 Director $165,000 $157,022 2023
Prayer Plan Missions Inc OH$266,690 Honduras Field Director $14,000 $13,702 2024
Health Outreach Foundation MO$252,972 Executive Director $92,937 $93,646 2023
City Of Refuge International Inc OR$267,483 President $47,580 $42,036 2023
Project Ethiopia WA$267,500 Executive Director $14,624 $12,098 2024
International Faith Initiativesinc IN$252,430 President $39,500 $39,629 2023
Cure Glaucoma Foundation TX$267,724 Exec Dir/treas $25,738 $23,791 2024
Global Roots OR$252,153 Presidentchair $75,000 $64,360 2024
Somali American Social Service MN$251,431 Executive Di $45,750 $41,773 2024
Isaacs Dream Inc MO$270,534 President $2,000 $1,958 2024
Unatti Foundation CA$247,939 President $38,000 $30,321 2024
Chalice Of Mercy Inc WI$272,231 President $55,836 $53,884 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Michele Wyatt) 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 192 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.