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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hepc Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431886117
MO · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine Sewell, Executive Director / CEO ($70,323) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 105 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

105 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 105 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,169 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,228 $70,323
$13,86610th
$26,80525th
$47,162Median
$71,07475th
$97,29990th
$70,323This org · 74th
p10$13,866
p25$26,805
p50$47,162
p75$71,074
p90$97,299
$70,323

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 MO 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
Yesh Tikva Inc CA$253,135 Executive Dir. $70,655 $57,603 2023
Benji Project WA$253,155 Executive Director $65,132 $52,099 2025
Fields Of Grace Ministries Inc GA$253,311 Executive Dir. $9,000 $8,299 2024
Chazkeinu MD$251,725 Ceo $74,041 $63,481 2024
Living Scripture Institute PA$254,423 President $13,962 $12,768 2024
4c Children And Family CA$251,266 Ceo $10,075 $7,978 2024
Michiana Biblical Counseling Center Inc IN$254,975 Executive Director $57,015 $55,139 2024
Firecracker Foundation MI$255,487 Co-director $43,776 $42,661 2023
Anathallo Counseling Center PA$250,489 Executive Director $156,985 $143,567 2024
Center For Early Childhood Connections CA$256,654 Secretary And Co-executive Director $49,038 $39,979 2023
Positive Communication Practices Inc CA$256,977 President $93,460 $76,196 2023
Fhgr Inc KY$248,728 Executive Di $38,182 $37,620 2024
Adams Place NV$245,465 Executive Dir. $64,000 $58,831 2024
Domestic Outreach Corporation PA$244,729 President $27,000 $24,692 2024
Lee's Summit Cares MO$244,636 Executive Director $80,000 $77,705 2024
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network Inc FL$261,768 President $74,896 $64,523 2024
Families Reaching Into Each New Day Inc RI$262,237 Pres./exec.dir. $19,500 $17,148 2024
Caldwell-clark CA$242,381 President $29,600 $23,440 2024
Prairie Sky Counseling Center Inc KS$264,693 Executive Director $130,261 $129,054 2024
Authentic Hope Center For Peace & OR$240,216 Executive Dir. $72,327 $63,416 2023
Path Of Life WA$239,938 Executive Di $67,725 $55,606 2024
Gabriel Project Of West Virginia WV$266,558 Executive Director $42,990 $43,947 2023
Misty Mountain Family Enrichment FL$266,918 Ceo/pres/sec $82,500 $71,074 2024
Athens Parent Wellbeing Inc GA$267,329 Executive Director $17,500 $16,137 2024
Emerge Center For Social And Emotional Learning CA$267,436 Executive Director $37,352 $29,578 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Christine Sewell) 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 105 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,323 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.