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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grace Ministries International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581685015
GA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Vernon Terrell, Executive Director / CEO ($44,510) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Vernon Terrell — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,127 $44,510
$16,95910th
$39,84325th
$63,595Median
$98,72275th
$127,04990th
$44,510This org · 42nd
p10$16,959
p25$39,843
p50$63,595
p75$98,722
p90$127,049
$44,510

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 GA 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
Jesus Center Church Inc GA$414,670 Pastor $18,000 $18,532 2023
Mdc Today Foundation Inc GA$415,921 President $206,041 $212,127 2023
Jabbock Ministries Inc GA$420,341 Director $36,000 $37,063 2023
Northeast Taiwan Christian Association Inc GA$370,256 Director Chairman Contractor $42,000 $42,000 2024
Conexion Training Inc GA$430,212 President $101,469 $101,469 2024
Christ Apostolic Church (Cac) Atlant GA$360,100 Pastor $118,800 $122,309 2023
Pact Ministry Inc GA$439,827 President $127,927 $127,927 2024
L2l Inc GA$351,567 Metro Co-director $81,894 $84,313 2023
Word Alive Ministries GA$350,553 President $81,000 $81,000 2024
Vision Street Ministries Inc GA$346,018 President $95,000 $97,806 2023
Refiners House GA$322,813 President Ceo $41,905 $43,143 2023
New Alliance Missionary Church Inc GA$479,882 Pastor $53,541 $55,122 2023
Ministry Resource Network Inc GA$304,375 President $31,800 $31,800 2024
Metro Atlanta Seminary Inc GA$300,852 President/ceo $14,048 $14,463 2023
Great Exchange Inc GA$299,254 Director $70,000 $72,068 2023
Hands And Feet Ministries Inc GA$499,523 Board Member $43,238 $43,238 2024
David George World Ministries Inc GA$501,079 President $139,064 $139,064 2024
New Name Counseling And Teaching Center GA$292,448 President/executive Direct $125,000 $125,000 2024
Truth Tabernacle Of Praise Inc GA$282,011 Senior Pastor $96,250 $96,250 2024
Mount Zion Second Baptist Church GA$279,654 Custodian $15,818 $16,285 2023
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $93,236 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $1,000 2024
Mekane Selam St Michael The Ethiopian Orthodox Te GA$526,582 Priest $48,000 $48,000 2024
New Days Church Inc GA$547,053 Pastor $39,600 $40,770 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Vernon Terrell) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,510 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.