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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Freedom Firm Usa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205280075
VA · NTEE Q330
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leah Henck, Executive Director / CEO ($41,394) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 240 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Leah Henck — reported title “President/Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

240 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 240 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,946 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,694 $41,394
$11,33310th
$24,26925th
$47,593Median
$68,21875th
$99,45190th
$41,394This org · 45th
p10$11,333
p25$24,269
p50$47,593
p75$68,218
p90$99,451
$41,394

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 VA 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
Life Connection Mission Inc MD$384,578 Treasurer/se $10,000 $9,683 2025
Refugees United Foundation Usa CA$384,439 Treasurer $64,702 $59,395 2024
Hasten International Inc NC$384,351 Executive Director $115,792 $127,192 2024
Thirst Relief International Inc FL$384,069 Secretary $100,376 $100,245 2024
The Small Things Inc CT$383,229 Executive Dir. $36,000 $35,884 2024
Building Everyones Success Together In West Africa TX$387,914 Executive Director $53,648 $57,050 2024
Global Assistance Inc OR$390,374 Ex President $11,333 $11,189 2024
Himalayan Childrens Fund CA$390,400 Director $36,000 $34,023 2023
Business For Social Good CA$390,472 President & Ceo $70,000 $64,258 2024
Casa Viva IL$379,428 Director $81,102 $84,763 2024
Impact Ministries With The Michalski WA$392,818 President & Ceo $16,231 $15,448 2024
Caleb Corps Inc OR$393,365 Director $126,500 $128,575 2023
Answer Relief MI$377,270 Treasurer $49,416 $55,825 2023
The Kings Embrace KY$377,150 Board Member $9,270 $10,587 2024
Water4life Mozambique Inc FL$394,039 President $70,000 $69,908 2024
Global Care Alliance Inc CA$394,195 President $40,000 $36,719 2024
Volunteers For Honduran Communities Inc VA$376,504 Executive Director $130,376 $133,826 2024
Americas Hand In Hand MT$394,922 Secretary $2,400 $2,831 2023
Akonda Ministries Inc KY$375,284 President $19,517 $22,291 2024
Tractors For Africa MN$374,845 Board Member $42,000 $44,119 2024
Fne International Inc MA$396,470 Executive Director $31,200 $30,686 2023
Life Center Ethiopia CO$373,686 Executive Director $52,000 $53,008 2024
Embracing Hope Ethiopia Inc PA$397,418 Managing Dir $35,880 $38,038 2024
Haiti Gospel Outreach CA$371,372 Development $50,400 $47,633 2023
Together Ministry Inc GA$399,401 Founder $15,750 $17,332 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2025 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 VA 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Leah Henck) 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 240 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,394 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.