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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Justice Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800624687
SC · NTEE I73
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marvin Blackwell, Executive Director / CEO ($96,560) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,386 total compensation of comparable organizations → $113,062 $96,560
$30,75310th
$42,78425th
$73,326Median
$93,58575th
$106,11990th
$96,560This org · 80th
p10$30,753
p25$42,784
p50$73,326
p75$93,585
p90$106,119
$96,560

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 SC 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
Sexual Assault Support Center Inc GA$439,024 Executive Di $54,500 $52,527 2024
Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence Inc DE$408,603 Executive Director $85,000 $79,778 2024
The Lifeguard Group Inc MT$452,558 President $7,148 $7,386 2024
Roads Of Hope Inc AL$458,296 Ceo $100,132 $106,755 2023
Sosa - Safe From Online Sex Abuse Inc CT$460,373 Executive Director $125,800 $113,062 2024
Skull Games OR$374,105 President $33,931 $31,096 2023
The Inner Truth Project Inc FL$497,800 Executive Director $47,500 $42,773 2024
The Innocent Inc ID$501,174 President & Ceo $104,000 $106,048 2024
Jane Doe No More Incorporated CT$323,024 President $74,312 $66,788 2024
Fear 2 Freedom Inc VA$321,814 Former, Ceo $47,454 $42,788 2025
Wounded Healers International Inc ME$314,250 Executive Dir. $28,000 $27,669 2023
Bishopaccountabilityorg MA$311,745 President/di $96,000 $82,691 2024
Erin Michele Levitas Education MD$552,004 Executive Director $100,833 $93,031 2023
Created Gainesville Inc FL$561,273 Executive Director $36,050 $32,462 2024
Valley Children's Advocacy Center VA$597,564 Executive Di $77,277 $71,522 2024
Fight Against Domestic Violence UT$601,778 Executive Director $45,269 $45,723 2023
Not Abandoned WA$602,987 Executive Director $120,140 $103,104 2024
Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault VA$610,344 Executive Director $78,846 $75,129 2023
Jackson Center For Independent Living TN$622,448 Executive Director $93,949 $92,220 2025
Rape Crisis Intervention Service MD$638,170 Executive Director $106,284 $95,247 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Marvin Blackwell) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I73), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,560 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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 10, 2026.