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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connected Hearts Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454067211
SC · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brandon Hudson, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 217 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

217 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 217 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$721 total compensation of comparable organizations → $275,891 $48,000
$10,90110th
$22,39125th
$40,233Median
$65,38275th
$88,74090th
$48,000This org · 58th
p10$10,901
p25$22,391
p50$40,233
p75$65,382
p90$88,740
$48,000

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 SC 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
Social Venture Partners Boston Inc MA$285,219 Chief Executive Officer $28,050 $23,468 2024
Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation PA$284,446 Executive Director $96,000 $89,134 2024
Mamie's Poppy Plates AR$284,006 Executive Di $49,700 $52,013 2024
The Flagstone Initiative Inc CA$283,828 Ceo $175,000 $144,849 2023
Niles Community Services Inc OH$283,085 Director $38,461 $37,928 2024
Family Promise Of Kandiyohi County MN$287,343 Executive Director $56,194 $51,698 2024
Alpha Illinois Leadership Foundation IL$287,352 President $80,500 $73,684 2024
Odeh Inc NY$282,013 President $14,683 $12,353 2024
Yx Gives TN$280,872 Vice Preside $10,000 $9,787 2024
Kerengende Foundation Nfp IL$291,220 Executive Dir. $53,750 $49,199 2024
Laurel Lake Retirement Community OH$291,573 President $27,202 $27,617 2023
Spring Arbor University Foundation MI$291,790 President $24,951 $23,978 2024
San Luis Valley Health Foundation CO$276,551 Ceo $35,491 $31,685 2024
Hope Outreach Center Inc FL$276,285 Executive Di $65,762 $57,518 2024
His Love Extended FL$276,114 President $120,000 $108,058 2023
American Friends Of Kesher Inc NY$295,027 President $86,400 $72,690 2024
Unity Healthcare Foundation IA$274,033 Exec Director $44,087 $44,944 2024
Peace For The Persecuted CA$296,669 President $3,000 $2,483 2023
Admin Hub CA$273,229 President/ceo $72,996 $60,419 2023
American Society Of Retina IL$272,520 Executive Vice President $61,263 $57,732 2023
The Andersons Fund Supporting OH$271,579 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $60,796 2024
Heros For Heros TX$271,508 President & Ceo $95,000 $88,477 2024
Toy Box Connection Nfp IL$299,057 President & Exec. Director $147,000 $131,085 2025
Affinity Federal Credit Union Foundation NJ$271,214 Executive Dir. $22,602 $18,789 2024
Generations For Peace Inc TN$299,192 Executive Dir. $156,371 $153,034 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Brandon Hudson) 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 217 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.