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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Successful Connections Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742948088
TX · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Pursley, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Pursley — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,552 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,431 $80,000
$13,14710th
$23,93125th
$51,914Median
$75,50075th
$101,11390th
$80,000This org · 75th
p10$13,147
p25$23,931
p50$51,914
p75$75,500
p90$101,113
$80,000

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 TX 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
God's Open Door To Eternal Life Inc TX$393,169 President/ex $19,250 $19,250 2024
Allied Womens Center Of San Antonio TX$395,709 At-large $68,000 $68,000 2024
Spirit Of Sharing Inc TX$387,998 Director $16,925 $17,425 2023
Haven Of Rest Ministries Inc TX$397,597 Executive Director $39,798 $40,974 2023
Texas Christian Community Development Network TX$386,784 Executive Director $71,266 $73,371 2023
In His Care Ministries TX$386,578 Ceo $122,500 $122,500 2024
Hub City Outreach Center TX$385,543 Executive Director $52,737 $52,737 2024
Crowley House Of Hope TX$385,389 Director Of Operations $57,717 $59,422 2023
Redemptive Faith Inc TX$401,026 President $47,584 $47,584 2024
Sound The Trumpet Ministries TX$415,683 President & $75,500 $75,500 2024
El Tesoro Foundation TX$416,389 President & Ceo $18,976 $18,976 2024
Youth Positive Impact Coaching TX$419,614 Ceo $83,200 $83,200 2024
Artvango Therapeutic Services Inc TX$419,921 President And Ceo $62,500 $64,346 2023
Fatherless Network Or Widows And Orphans TX$363,779 President $42,000 $43,241 2023
Global Renewal Inc TX$426,132 President $48,600 $50,036 2023
Bastrop Hope House TX$428,009 President $12,100 $12,457 2023
Navidad En El Barrio TX$354,178 Executive Director $24,000 $24,709 2023
Loving Houston Inc TX$440,562 Exec Dir (Fo $83,833 $83,833 2024
Transformation House TX$338,538 Executive Driector $71,845 $73,967 2023
Refresh Frisco TX$335,705 Executive Director $8,654 $8,910 2023
Raindrop Foundation San Antonio TX$451,138 Executive Ma $71,388 $73,497 2023
Brave Communities TX$333,912 Executive Director $78,333 $80,647 2023
Organization For The Development Of The Indigenous Maya - Odim TX$455,286 Executive Director $35,548 $35,548 2024
Rosa Es Rojo Inc TX$455,811 Founder $62,640 $64,490 2023
Unique Avenue TX$329,498 Executive Director $99,246 $99,246 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Michael Pursley) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.