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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Echo Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562125976
NC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laurenn E Singleton, Executive Director / CEO ($47,723) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Laurenn E Singleton — reported title “EXECUTOR DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$54 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,269 $47,723
$26,10510th
$48,08925th
$82,956Median
$103,12175th
$146,71490th
$47,723This org · 24th
p10$26,105
p25$48,089
p50$82,956
p75$103,121
p90$146,714
$47,723

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
Faith Christian Ministries Of Nash NC$330,654 Director $30,784 $30,784 2024
Triad Coalition For Life NC$320,402 Pres/exec Dir. $44,000 $44,000 2024
First Priority North Carolina NC$317,815 Executive Di $69,224 $67,440 2025
Go And Reconcile Ministries NC$350,346 Member $9,000 $9,000 2024
Neighborly Faith Inc NC$351,199 President $71,000 $71,000 2024
Interaction International Inc NC$351,418 Executive Di $52,500 $52,500 2024
Unpackin It Ministries Inc NC$305,093 President $145,504 $145,504 2024
Sold Out Youth Ministries NC$300,409 President $147,232 $147,232 2024
By Grace Alone Ministries - Foundation NC$298,147 Director Pastor $48,000 $48,000 2024
Men Of Armor Inc NC$369,642 President $159,463 $155,353 2025
Ricardo Di Rocco Ministries NC$370,217 President And Pastor $134,700 $134,700 2024
Wake Forest Christian Study Center NC$372,524 Executive Director $123,388 $120,208 2025
Verbena Foundation Inc NC$291,280 Executive Di $193,552 $199,269 2023
Live Again Ministries Inc NC$283,911 Executive Di $30,861 $31,773 2023
Iglesia De Dios Peniel NC$384,060 Pastor $32,400 $32,400 2024
Heath Williams Ministries Inc NC$279,258 President $50,000 $50,000 2024
Generation Impact Ministries Inc NC$279,027 President $194,618 $194,618 2024
Art Of Family Living NC$276,279 Executive Di $60,000 $58,453 2025
Center For Christianity And Scholarship NC$394,674 Executive Director & Ceo $86,132 $88,676 2023
Upland's Reach Conference Center NC$267,856 President $100,477 $100,477 2024
Positive Direction For Youth And Families Inc NC$264,706 Gardner $85,000 $87,511 2023
Oikos Usa NC$247,898 President $93,130 $95,881 2023
National Consultants Group Inc NC$424,233 Executive Director $90,300 $90,300 2024
Renown Collective Inc NC$239,787 Chairman $97,912 $100,804 2023
Eternal Truth Ministries NC$233,813 President $55 $54 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Laurenn E Singleton) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + NC + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,723 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.