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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grace Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541424185
VA · NTEE P46Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karl Kakadelis, Executive Director / CEO ($106,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Karl Kakadelis — reported title “PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,079 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,783 $106,200
$21,87710th
$36,45725th
$61,840Median
$88,59575th
$112,44590th
$106,200This org · 87th
p10$21,877
p25$36,457
p50$61,840
p75$88,595
p90$112,445
$106,200

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 VA 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
Pastoral Counseling Centers Of MA$368,022 Director $35,455 $32,051 2024
Samaritan Counseling Centers Of The TN$377,475 Executive D $3,750 $4,082 2023
Still Waters Counseling Center GA$357,804 President $43,346 $43,844 2024
Family Service Association Of Lubbock TX$384,689 Executive Director $104,859 $105,518 2024
New England Center For Family Connection MA$386,805 Executive Director $61,679 $55,756 2024
New Haven SD$352,280 Executive Di $65,000 $72,165 2024
Pastoral Counseling VA$343,381 President/ceo $70,799 $70,799 2023
Encompass Connection Center OH$404,133 Co-director $18,939 $20,179 2024
Marriageteam WA$334,826 Deputy Executive Director $46,359 $41,753 2024
Marriage And Family Counseling Of R I Co IL$405,623 Executive Director $90,871 $89,870 2024
Home Improvement Ministries Inc MA$408,221 President $119,025 $107,596 2024
Counseling Center At The Crossing IN$408,764 President $105,099 $111,495 2024
Haven Of Hope Inc KY$411,158 Executive Di $51,568 $55,734 2024
Sibs Place Inc NY$414,546 Executive Director $41,683 $37,891 2024
Dad Tired SC$324,373 President $110,500 $115,967 2024
Casper Family Connections WY$417,700 Executive Director $75,692 $79,434 2025
Drexel Community Fair Incorporated NC$322,260 President $2,000 $2,079 2024
Kids Turn San Diego CA$420,291 Executive Director $99,696 $89,160 2023
Community Commitment Inc PA$420,460 President/ce $99,849 $103,126 2023
United Marriage Encounter IA$319,064 Executive Director $9,000 $9,914 2024
Tinina Q Cade Foundation Inc MD$318,478 President & Ceo $50,000 $47,025 2024
Tidewater Pastoral Counseling VA$422,288 Executive Di $91,556 $88,929 2024
Parenting And Childhood Education Inc MD$317,669 President $24,036 $22,605 2024
Gustafson Counseling And Consulting KS$317,012 President $25,000 $27,170 2024
Serenity Group Family Therapy Inc CA$313,988 Secretary $132,000 $114,663 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Karl Kakadelis) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,200 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.