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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connect Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474194805
WA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Mcgrew, Executive Director / CEO ($45,432) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katie Mcgrew — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,064 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,032 $45,432
$7,35810th
$22,27625th
$39,847Median
$74,88875th
$96,23090th
$45,432This org · 52nd
p10$7,358
p25$22,276
p50$39,847
p75$74,888
p90$96,230
$45,432

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 WA 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
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $28,757 2023
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $77,428 2024
Studio Samuel Foundation Inc NC$231,084 Founder/executive Director $81,343 $96,651 2023
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $39,400 2022
Sakala International ME$232,834 Executive Director Board Member $3,300 $3,691 2024
Raiz Ministry TX$221,533 Director $4,800 $5,363 2024
Goodjustice SC$235,444 President $40,500 $48,586 2023
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $106,527 2022
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $1,064 2025
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $1,095 2024
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $93,099 2024
Hands Of Grace Guatemala Inc IN$217,944 President $60,000 $70,672 2024
Global Alliance For Africa IL$217,320 Executive Di $4,000 $4,392 2024
Living Hope Ministries In Haiti Inc OH$216,615 Presient $6,770 $8,246 2023
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $49,567 2024
The Alta Project WA$215,385 Executive Dir. $30,770 $31,679 2023
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $33,568 2024
Hope For Our Sisters Inc MA$212,996 President And Director $10,000 $10,757 2022
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $22,461 2024
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $18,092 2023
Pinetree Aid CA$211,036 President $24,500 $23,630 2024
Athanatos World Inc CO$210,132 Executive Director $135,417 $145,032 2024
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $47,452 2024
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $57,243 2023
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $17,950 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2024 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 WA 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Katie Mcgrew) 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 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,432 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.