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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christian Love Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561581911
NC · NTEE F20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bert Crowe, Executive Director / CEO ($57,485) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 142 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: Bert Crowe — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

142 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 142 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $222,173 $57,485
$18,18010th
$32,20825th
$52,304Median
$70,51775th
$93,47990th
$57,485This org · 58th
p10$18,180
p25$32,208
p50$52,304
p75$70,517
p90$93,479
$57,485

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 NC 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
Palmetto Recovery Of Charleston SC$449,521 President $52,350 $51,339 2024
Quabbin Healthcare Inc MA$449,103 Past President/ceo $61,276 $53,291 2023
Recovery Advocates In Livingston Inc MI$449,928 Director $49,525 $48,053 2024
Sea Change Recovery Community NJ$450,113 President $86,539 $72,632 2024
Wow Transition House Inc TN$448,460 Executive Di $76,021 $73,181 2025
The Robert W Maxwell Memorial PA$448,331 Executive Vp $96,693 $90,644 2024
Recoverywerks TX$450,983 Executive Dir. $57,692 $54,250 2024
Shalom House Ministries Inc SC$451,156 Executive Director/president $52,530 $53,037 2023
Any Positive Change Incorporated CA$447,100 Executive Di $93,240 $75,685 2024
New Start Program OR$447,079 Officer $247,200 $222,173 2023
Giving Recovery A Chance Everyday IN$445,528 Director $6,750 $6,889 2023
Covenant Counseling Ministries Inc MD$443,410 President $72,039 $63,311 2024
Northbound & Co PA$441,506 Executive Directortreasurer $55,092 $51,645 2024
Mission 61 Inc MN$457,543 President/ce $21,200 $20,274 2023
180 Ranch Inc TX$460,981 Executive Director $50,000 $47,017 2024
Humanity United With God For Sociey GA$463,235 Executive Director $102,000 $96,410 2024
Genesis Counseling Services Inc MA$435,540 President $75,044 $63,392 2024
Spring-ford Counseling Services Inc PA$434,372 Executive Director/secreta $39,191 $36,740 2024
Recovery Bartow Inc GA$433,752 Executive Director $34,754 $32,849 2024
Washed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries SD$465,327 President $48,000 $49,798 2024
Harrison County Substance Abuse IN$433,229 Executive Dir. $55,558 $55,076 2024
Stalwart Clean And Sober CA$466,269 Ceo $62,520 $52,248 2023
Hogar Santisima Trinidad Inc PR$428,208 Director $36,872 $35,814 2024
Accredited Recovery Housing Inc OH$428,059 Executive Director $80,655 $80,304 2024
Exodus 14 Ministries Inc TN$471,025 President $32,534 $32,148 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Bert Crowe) 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 142 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,485 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.