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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rwenzori Center For Research And Advocacy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 981511659
· NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jostas Mwebembezi, Executive Director / CEO ($4,160) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 867 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

867 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 867 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$288 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,920 $4,160
$11,65610th
$25,22425th
$45,382Median
$67,53675th
$90,36690th
$4,160This org · 3rd
p10$11,656
p25$25,224
p50$45,382
p75$67,536
p90$90,366
$4,160

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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
New Life For A New Generation TX$235,533 President & $24,000 $24,000 2023
Oracles Of Truth CA$235,446 Secretary $71,000 $71,000 2023
Lazarus Ministries Kc MO$235,818 Execive Director $61,000 $61,000 2023
The Center For Positive Aging In PA$235,861 Exec Directo $76,327 $74,137 2024
Jada House International Inc PA$235,879 Executive Dir. $60,567 $60,567 2023
Mom Starts Here Inc NY$235,254 Former Vice Chair/executiv $76,576 $74,379 2024
Confluence Ministries CO$235,973 Director & P $75,800 $73,625 2024
Men Sharpening Men AR$236,071 President $82,119 $82,119 2023
Foreign Service Fellowship International Inc NY$236,150 President And Director $94,944 $92,220 2024
Good Journey Development Foundation MO$236,159 Executive Director $68,407 $66,444 2024
Eshara MN$236,213 Executive Director $42,000 $40,795 2024
Think Big Corporation IL$236,226 Board Chair Treasurer $109,615 $106,470 2024
Loaves & Fishes Inc CO$236,304 Exec Director $40,000 $38,852 2024
Mvillage MI$234,677 President $11,000 $10,684 2024
Northeastern Area Social Service Center Of York Co PA$234,654 Executive Director $47,459 $47,459 2023
Kurtzman Family Foundation CA$234,417 Assistant Secretary $35,872 $35,872 2023
Olmalaika Inc MI$234,333 Director And Co/founder Of The Trust $13,200 $13,200 2023
Soap2hope UT$236,968 Executive Di $51,652 $51,652 2023
Humanitarian Innovation Group Inc NY$236,983 Secretary $16,667 $16,667 2023
Black Abolition Movement For The Mind Inc Nfp IL$234,160 President/ceo $9,165 $9,165 2023
Possum Kingdom Lake Volunteer Fire TX$237,087 Treasurer $11,800 $11,461 2024
Life Solutions Of Hamlin Inc NY$233,981 Director $1,500 $1,457 2024
Healing Hands Resource Center IL$233,625 Therapist. $29,225 $29,225 2023
Zestos Inc IA$233,497 Director $34,500 $33,510 2024
Parentzwork CA$233,497 Ceo $32,400 $30,659 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to the subject's state 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. 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Jostas Mwebembezi) 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 867 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + null + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,160 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.