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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Living Compassion

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680364178
WA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cheri Huber, Executive Director / CEO ($28,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Cheri Huber — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$24,347 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,794 $28,800
$37,08910th
$47,75625th
$63,612Median
$91,21175th
$121,78590th
$28,800This org · 5th
p10$37,089
p25$47,756
p50$63,612
p75$91,211
p90$121,785
$28,800

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 WA 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
Parish Collective WA$485,598 Executive Director $83,333 $80,942 2024
C3 Leaders WA$471,305 President $137,615 $133,667 2024
Seattle 2030 District WA$470,995 Executive Director $122,323 $118,814 2024
Menbere Tsebaot Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church WA$520,309 Chairman $25,066 $24,347 2024
Truth Ministries Of Spokane WA$527,324 President $86,400 $83,921 2024
All People Free WA$533,068 Executive Director $49,500 $49,500 2023
Orcas Island Foundation WA$428,094 General Manager $38,980 $37,862 2024
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $52,983 2024
Go On The Mission WA$552,968 Executive Director $86,383 $83,905 2024
Tall Timber Ranch WA$583,314 Interim Executive Director $35,000 $33,996 2024
Mission Projects International WA$589,749 President $63,612 $63,612 2023
Renewal Ministries Northwest WA$354,314 Executive Director $55,220 $53,636 2024
Collide WA$618,055 Executive Director $45,280 $43,981 2024
Eagle Wings Ministries WA$344,770 Executive Director $73,080 $70,983 2024
Tyndale Bible Translators WA$632,633 President $98,500 $98,500 2023
Island Time Ministries WA$653,622 President $112,381 $112,381 2023
Missionworks WA$671,486 Ceo $63,669 $61,842 2024
The Emmaus Center WA$684,122 Executive Dir. $152,159 $147,794 2024
Bell Tower Counseling WA$723,955 Executive Director, President, & Counselor $46,011 $46,011 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Cheri Huber) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,800 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.