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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hands Of Mercy Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800252204
CO · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Saby Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($42,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 238 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Saby Thomas — reported title “FOUNDER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

238 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 238 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,183 total compensation of comparable organizations → $202,690 $42,000
$11,02510th
$26,08025th
$46,837Median
$68,91275th
$97,76290th
$42,000This org · 45th
p10$11,025
p25$26,080
p50$46,837
p75$68,912
p90$97,762
$42,000

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 CO 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
Project Lucas Inc VA$416,713 Executive Di $60,000 $62,201 2023
Giving To Extremes VA$417,228 President $50,000 $50,348 2024
Equalhealth Inc MA$415,758 Director $45,600 $42,734 2024
Hearts Of Joy International Corp NJ$414,996 Executive Dir. $81,500 $75,887 2024
International Center For Advocates Against Discrimination Inc NY$420,329 Co-founder & Legal Innovator $60,000 $58,213 2023
Phyllis Sortor Schools For Afr WA$411,482 Director $6,497 $6,066 2024
Dignity Period MO$410,818 Executive Director $140,675 $155,386 2024
Arm In Arm In Africa MN$410,393 Executive Di $22,167 $22,843 2024
Christ Sanctuary International CA$409,988 President $12,000 $10,806 2024
Belief In Motion Inc GA$409,915 President/missionary $36,750 $38,536 2024
The Chijnaya Foundation Inc CA$408,488 Operations M $69,625 $62,700 2024
Mobility Worldwide MO$426,417 Executive Di $13,292 $14,682 2024
Croatian Relief Services Inc NJ$426,897 President $30,000 $28,759 2023
Bridging The Gap Africa Inc OH$427,996 President $10,000 $11,046 2024
Serving Paraguay Inc OK$405,236 President $33,500 $38,470 2024
The World Our Parish Inc KY$428,779 President $114,564 $128,362 2024
Adm Capital Foundation Inc MA$404,766 Clerk $12,300 $11,527 2024
Develop Africa TN$404,644 President/executive Director $25,000 $27,405 2024
Acts 4 Rwanda Inc AR$402,991 Executive Dir. $37,926 $45,772 2023
Maranatha Childrens Ministries Inc ID$431,429 President $45,200 $50,145 2024
Wellspringkaritas Foundation PA$402,071 President $86,957 $90,435 2024
City Of Refuge Inc SD$400,655 Co-director $48,000 $55,246 2024
Gate Of Hope Ministries Intl Inc KY$433,251 Director $57,910 $64,885 2024
Community Empowerment Nfp IL$433,601 Executive Director (Thru 5/3/2024) $51,360 $52,658 2024
Addis Jemari Inc NC$434,018 Executive Di $35,769 $39,683 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
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 (Saby Thomas) 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 238 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,000 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.