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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593470531
FL · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathy Bernard, Executive Director / CEO ($40,767) 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 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kathy Bernard — reported title “Secretary”, 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

$1,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,366 $40,767
$19,40010th
$32,38025th
$60,000Median
$90,15575th
$97,96990th
$40,767This org · 39th
p10$19,400
p25$32,380
p50$60,000
p75$90,155
p90$97,969
$40,767

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 FL 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
Mapping Center For Evangelism & Church FL$480,617 President $97,400 $100,277 2023
Jacksonville Kachin Baptist Church FL$487,162 Senior Pastor $37,200 $37,200 2024
21c International Incorporated FL$433,137 $94,500 $94,500 2024
Life Generating Church Inc FL$425,242 Director $9,600 $9,884 2023
New Vision For Christ Ministries Inc FL$502,399 President $74,880 $74,880 2024
Jesus Vive Hoy-jesus Is Alive Today FL$421,038 Ministry & Systems Coordinator $16,450 $16,450 2024
Rick Coram Ministries Inc FL$508,165 President $90,309 $90,309 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Renuevo Inc FL$518,840 Sr Pastorcorp Presadmin Bd $56,000 $57,654 2023
Interhope Inc FL$391,245 Executive Director $33,000 $33,000 2024
Jim Ryun Ministries Inc FL$357,774 Treasurer $93,962 $93,962 2024
New Harvest Missions International Inc FL$355,577 President $84,000 $84,000 2024
Brake Ministries International FL$332,074 President $140,366 $140,366 2024
Seminario Reformado Latinoamericano FL$593,545 Director Of Development $60,000 $60,000 2024
Call Communications Group Inc FL$322,017 President $90,000 $90,000 2024
Church Usa For Christ Corp FL$319,351 D P $31,760 $31,760 2024
Gotell Ministries Inc FL$315,139 President $38,095 $38,095 2024
Beyond The Reef Foundation Inc FL$312,010 President $96,000 $98,836 2023
Calling Ministry Inc FL$311,698 President & $1,200 $1,235 2023
Elijah Ministries Inc FL$309,659 President $87,298 $89,877 2023
Islego Missions Inc FL$618,315 Executive Director $31,760 $31,760 2024
New Hope Presbyterian Church Inc FL$633,489 Pastor $69,600 $69,600 2024
Strong Tower Church Assembly Of God Inc FL$644,187 President $52,000 $53,536 2023
West Orlando Christian Center Church Of God In Christ FL$650,104 President $31,200 $31,200 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Kathy Bernard) 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 sector (X21) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,767 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.