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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570962145
SC · NTEE P43Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Safrona Finch, Executive Director / CEO ($38,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Safrona Finch — reported title “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

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,534 total compensation of comparable organizations → $74,728 $38,000
$5,37410th
$9,12425th
$24,215Median
$46,02875th
$62,04490th
$38,000This org · 70th
p10$5,374
p25$9,124
p50$24,215
p75$46,028
p90$62,044
$38,000

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
Community Living Corporation MI$7,665 Ceo $33,282 $31,984 2024
Greater Hood Community Development Corporation NY$7,800 Program Director $4,200 $3,534 2024
Outfitters Incorporated IN$8,072 Executive Director $9,351 $8,945 2025
Building People Power CA$8,368 Director $80,000 $64,317 2024
Community Health Foundation Of MA$8,441 Executive Director $9,024 $7,550 2024
Pasadena-foothill Valley Ywca CA$8,639 Chief Executive Officer $6,148 $5,089 2023
Guyanese Diaspora Charity PA$8,732 President $16,000 $14,856 2024
Noahh So Inc LA$6,464 Executive Director $10,978 $11,587 2023
Reclamation And Restoration Ministries Inc LA$6,148 Chairman And Ceo $72,890 $74,728 2024
Charles W Hoppy Adams Jr Foundation Inc MD$9,248 Chair/ceo $36,000 $31,336 2024
Cooperative Resources Inc MN$9,391 Executive Director $49,980 $45,981 2024
Hope For Tomorrow Foundation NY$9,595 Cfo $10,739 $9,302 2023
Generations Restored Youth And Community Center Inc PA$9,650 Field Liaison $7,018 $6,516 2024
Itasca Hospice Foundation MN$5,694 Executive Director $34,375 $32,558 2023
The British Home Life Services IL$5,679 Ceo $50,336 $46,074 2024
The Way Home Adoption Inc TX$5,609 Program Director $75,500 $70,316 2024
Woodcock Housing Foundation CA$9,871 Ceo $61,000 $50,490 2023
The Reciprocity Foundation NY$5,443 $18,750 $15,775 2024
Fitzmaurice Community Services PA$9,975 Chair, Eff. 01-01-2024 $25,163 $23,363 2024
Crudup-ward Activity Center MS$10,615 Ceo $3,950 $4,096 2024
The Hope Project Live Love Serve Inc NC$10,648 Director $55,040 $52,950 2024
Distinct Abilities Childrens Center Inc TX$11,069 President $26,000 $24,215 2024
Life Choice Solutions Inc MI$11,237 Chief Executive Officer $30,500 $30,176 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Safrona Finch) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.