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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Strategies For International Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 980120837
DC · NTEE Q300
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Judith Russo, Executive Director / CEO ($63,360) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Judith Russo — reported title “Program and Financial Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,755 total compensation of comparable organizations → $416,475 $63,360
$20,76110th
$36,57025th
$67,055Median
$98,65875th
$134,97690th
$63,360This org · 44th
p10$20,761
p25$36,570
p50$67,055
p75$98,658
p90$134,976
$63,360

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 DC 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
Arch Inc VA$435,677 Deputy Secretary $65,618 $74,332 2023
University Of Puerto Rico PR$434,121 Executive Di $31,675 $31,675 2024
Philippine Development Foundation CA$433,006 Executive Director (Until 07/24) $51,820 $50,992 2024
Global Medical Relief Fund Inc NY$439,505 President/ed $126,450 $134,057 2023
Ouelessebougou Alliance UT$431,283 Executive Di $49,106 $58,964 2023
Siempre Unidos CA$442,281 Executive Di $33,709 $34,150 2023
Together For Haiti TX$428,829 Vp/dir Of Op $31,596 $36,017 2024
United States Heartland China Assoc IL$443,759 Chairman $60,000 $69,205 2023
Outreach For World Hope Inc WI$425,919 President $30,000 $35,704 2024
Kay Tita WA$449,391 Executive Dir. $91,619 $93,475 2024
Pacific Island Ministries CA$450,230 President Field $98,876 $97,295 2024
Fundacion Costa Rica - Estados Unidos De $450,433 Executive Director $162,780 $162,780 2024
Center For Getting Things Started HI$450,454 Executive Di $98,393 $100,386 2024
New Covenant World Missions OH$450,873 President Ncwm $138,042 $171,534 2023
The Womens Institute For Secondary Ed NC$451,104 Executive Dir. $65,974 $79,977 2023
Rise Beyond The Reef WA$414,355 Founder Exec Director $62,177 $63,437 2024
Open Arms Worldwide VA$457,425 President/executive Direct $41,052 $45,169 2024
Vision Health International CO$413,232 Executive Di $21,180 $23,143 2024
New Frontiers Health Force Inc FL$460,266 Director $40,080 $42,907 2024
Village Earth CO$409,567 Executive Director $85,978 $96,724 2023
Amistad International CA$463,086 Executive Direc $12,000 $11,808 2024
Hands Offering Hope Foundation Inc CT$406,415 President $19,500 $20,835 2024
God's Littlest Angels Inc CO$402,671 President $19,387 $21,184 2024
Global Healing CA$402,627 Executive Dir. $115,200 $116,707 2023
Chispa Project MO$400,155 Executive Director $52,100 $62,883 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Judith Russo) 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 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,360 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.