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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Spartanburg Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570603712
SC · NTEE P600
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Koger, Executive Director / CEO ($104,645) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Kevin Koger — reported title “EXEC. DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,880 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,680 $104,645
$17,24910th
$29,01425th
$44,382Median
$61,21875th
$82,28290th
$104,645This org · 98th
p10$17,249
p25$29,014
p50$44,382
p75$61,218
p90$82,282
$104,645

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 SC 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
Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank IL$291,396 Executive Director $29,655 $28,771 2023
Reveal Resource Center TX$288,015 Executive Di $35,000 $32,695 2025
Progressive Maryland Inc MD$287,634 Executive Director $111,625 $102,988 2023
The Women Of My Hope Inc LA$287,046 Ceo $50,048 $54,385 2023
Elmington Elevates Inc TN$286,774 Executive Di $94,714 $95,431 2024
A Place For Grace Ministries Inc FL$284,078 Director $51,470 $46,348 2024
Alzheimer's Outreach Center GA$282,549 Agency Direc $24,716 $24,525 2023
Apron Inc KY$281,811 President $21,000 $22,265 2023
Michael R Walker Foundation PA$300,134 Executive Director $83,555 $82,229 2023
The Next Step Center Inc PA$302,072 Executive Di $57,440 $54,907 2024
Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition TX$276,259 Foundation Mgr. $63,807 $61,181 2024
Christian Community Action Inc LA$303,672 Executive Director $46,251 $47,559 2025
The Cause Foundation AZ$304,457 Staff Admini $47,280 $43,586 2024
Church Response SD$274,777 Pantry Manager $21,546 $23,466 2023
Orange Christian Services Inc TX$309,234 Executive Director $30,960 $29,686 2024
Life And Independence For Today PA$309,671 Executive Di $72,274 $69,087 2024
Grace United Community Ministries Inc MO$312,897 Executive Director $66,942 $69,970 2023
Rockdale Emergency Relief Fund Inc GA$266,480 Director $40,000 $37,559 2025
Abrahams House WA$266,383 Director $83,000 $73,334 2023
Hebrew Free Loan Association Of Washington State WA$265,618 Executive Director $38,200 $32,783 2024
Life Choices Center Inc NY$315,309 Executive Dir. $59,032 $51,132 2024
Paws & Think Inc IN$317,227 Executive Di $86,320 $87,256 2024
Saint Francis Center Of The City Of Long CA$262,475 Executive Dir. $32,400 $27,610 2023
Family Promise Of The Lakeshore MI$317,418 Executive Director $48,925 $48,406 2024
Acadiana Regional Coalition On LA$320,919 Ex Director $70,535 $74,449 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Kevin Koger) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $104,645 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.