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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931704947
CA · NTEE I44
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Rahman, Executive Director / CEO ($31,998) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 436 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

436 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 436 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11 total compensation of comparable organizations → $471,140 $31,998
$21,17710th
$44,80025th
$67,193Median
$89,68575th
$113,41090th
$31,998This org · 14th
p10$21,177
p25$44,800
p50$67,193
p75$89,685
p90$113,410
$31,998

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 CA 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
Faith Based Security Network Inc KS$251,617 President $47,729 $59,714 2024
Opening Doors International Services Inc TX$251,057 Executive Dir. $55,000 $63,714 2024
Allegheny County Police Association PA$251,989 Chairman $475 $549 2024
Treatment Court Foundation Of Sweetwater County WY$250,657 Coordinator $55,750 $71,177 2023
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $62,082 2024
Community Solutions Of Central Oregon OR$252,526 Executive Dir. $47,269 $50,836 2024
The Rise Foundation By Envoy Inc IL$250,000 President And Executive Directo $132,563 $155,385 2023
1614-1622 Jonquil Terrace IL$249,733 Executive Director/ceo $19,212 $22,519 2023
Hope Prison Ministry Inc MA$253,024 President $85,000 $91,070 2023
Hands Of Luke Medical Ministries TX$249,383 Executive Director $4,500 $5,213 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $75,723 2024
A Vision Of Change Incorporated OH$254,025 Executive Director $80,400 $101,530 2023
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $68,263 2024
Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion PA$248,600 Executive Director $101,263 $116,946 2024
Fresh Start Learning WI$248,341 Executive Director $118,339 $143,125 2024
Family Resource Connection Inc FL$254,755 Executive Director $21,185 $23,048 2024
Pikes Peak Justice & Pro Bono Center CO$255,069 Executive Director $74,255 $82,457 2024
Family & Children's Council IA$247,648 Executive Director $78,000 $101,827 2023
Made Transitional Services NY$255,204 Executive Dir. $30,327 $34,013 2022
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $5,581 2024
The Front Line Foundation MN$247,108 President & $54,167 $61,984 2024
West Virginia Bar Foundation Inc WV$246,729 Executive Director $38,000 $46,419 2025
Made New Foundation Inc CA$246,584 Executive Director $16,500 $16,500 2024
New Covenant Legal Services MO$256,169 Executive Di $60,000 $73,595 2024
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $28,266 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Susan 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 436 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,998 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.