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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Awakening Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455467908
MA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Free, Executive Director / CEO ($53,676) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1053 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: William Free — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,053 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,053 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $312,678 $53,676
$15,90810th
$32,41425th
$58,262Median
$92,09075th
$126,33790th
$53,676This org · 45th
p10$15,908
p25$32,414
p50$58,262
p75$92,090
p90$126,337
$53,676

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 MA 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
Al-ma Idah Initiative Foundation WA$289,289 Director $101,192 $95,402 2025
Revival Now International Inc AL$289,976 President $44,600 $52,080 2024
Portland Chevra Kadisha ME$288,751 Board Member $750 $811 2024
Go Middle East Inc OK$288,727 President $8,521 $10,142 2024
Preparing The Way Ministries Inc PA$288,722 President $39,802 $44,170 2023
Brook Wellness Center Inc MO$290,583 President $30,602 $36,069 2023
A New Thing Ministries Company TN$288,085 President $84,633 $98,998 2023
Kingsmen Baseball Inc SC$288,046 Director $60,000 $69,657 2023
Bvm Helping Hands IL$288,029 Ceo And President $81,293 $88,937 2023
Great Oaks Counseling Center MT$287,761 Executive Director $193,888 $225,906 2024
Streetlight Christian Ministries CA$287,747 Executive Di $51,006 $47,607 2024
Light House NE$291,032 President $28,000 $32,552 2024
Ministerio La Palabra Uncion Y Fuego MA$291,193 President $51,600 $50,120 2024
Verbena Foundation Inc NC$291,280 Executive Di $193,552 $222,554 2023
2 Becoming 1 Global Inc SC$291,373 Dirctor, President $24,000 $27,063 2024
Tag Kids Club MS$287,113 President $19,800 $23,836 2024
Kingdom Focus Coaching TX$287,098 President & Founder $110,846 $119,850 2024
Punto De Encuentro CA$291,824 President $26,000 $24,984 2023
Troy Marshall Ministries CA$291,965 President $71,830 $69,023 2023
Olney Christian Community Center Inc TX$292,060 Director $56,350 $60,927 2024
Faber Institute OR$292,317 Director $127,909 $125,083 2025
Ebenezer Shepherding Ministries Of IN$286,158 President $19,496 $22,223 2024
Harbor Anglican Church WA$292,701 The Reverend $117,000 $116,569 2023
Collegiate Abbey Inc TN$292,835 Co-director $104,950 $119,241 2024
Light Presbyterian Church Inc NJ$285,773 President $33,600 $32,426 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (William Free) 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 1053 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,676 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.