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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Joel Hitchcock Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510386414
DE · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas J Hitchcock, Executive Director / CEO ($54,312) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 301 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

301 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 301 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $483,349 $54,312
$7,02010th
$20,92525th
$38,205Median
$67,97475th
$101,95590th
$54,312This org · 68th
p10$7,020
p25$20,925
p50$38,205
p75$67,974
p90$101,955
$54,312

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 DE 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
Friends Of The Bridegroom Inc OH$133,642 President $228,622 $247,300 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $39,129 2024
Biblical School Of World Evangelism OH$134,689 President $31,325 $33,884 2024
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $53,339 2023
Grace For Glory Global Ministries I FL$135,366 President $4,500 $4,445 2023
The Kesher Project IL$135,655 President $101,600 $102,011 2024
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $62,781 2024
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $108,761 2025
The Ezra Project Inc CO$136,449 President $53,100 $52,000 2024
Lift Jesus Higher Fellowship Inc NY$136,640 Presiding Officer $40,000 $36,914 2024
Shepherds Rest Ministries Inc GA$136,653 President $36,536 $37,518 2024
Coffee Connection Inc KS$136,665 Employee $32,490 $36,907 2023
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $39,433 2023
Rock Builders Christian Ministries CA$137,009 President $23,250 $20,504 2024
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $23,930 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $30,847 2022
Mary James Ministries Inc CA$137,998 President $50,000 $45,397 2023
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $5,917 2024
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $200,969 2023
Genon Ministries Inc PA$138,944 Executive Di $45,162 $47,354 2023
Capilla De Gracia CA$128,712 President $600 $545 2023
Gifting Grace Project Inc LA$128,483 Director $36,038 $41,724 2023
Episcopal Network For Stewardship Inc CA$139,464 Executive Director $61,200 $55,566 2023
Invade Transitional Home And Ministries AR$139,478 Chariman $22,017 $25,275 2024
Tandem Spirituality NC$127,979 President $93,203 $98,353 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Thomas J Hitchcock) 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 301 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,312 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.