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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Give Em Jesus Llc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813439569
LA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Luke Hockenjos, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 885 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Luke Hockenjos — reported title “PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

885 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 885 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$49 total compensation of comparable organizations → $417,475 $70,000
$12,19110th
$24,31025th
$43,933Median
$73,76675th
$102,54890th
$70,000This org · 72nd
p10$12,191
p25$24,310
p50$43,933
p75$73,766
p90$102,548
$70,000

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 LA 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
Just A Preacher Ministries Inc FL$226,387 President $100,000 $82,866 2024
Barnabas & Partners NC$226,389 Executive Dir. $96,938 $94,692 2022
Cyrus Ministries CA$226,444 Ceo $21,000 $16,468 2023
Concilio Iglesia De Dios Misionera Inc FL$226,530 Director $20,000 $17,063 2023
Koome Ministries Inc CO$225,673 President $86,208 $72,917 2024
Gary Crowl International Ministries Inc OK$225,344 President $38,250 $37,153 2024
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $15,624 2023
Hope Community Center Inc MN$227,183 Executive Director $89,159 $77,712 2024
City Of Refuge Fellowship A Nonprof NJ$227,205 President $20,450 $16,582 2023
Awakening Hope Ministries Inc MN$227,228 President $76,500 $68,648 2023
The Faith Place Inc WI$224,874 Pastor $36,806 $34,908 2023
Recovery Refuge TN$227,392 Executive Di $120,905 $112,104 2024
Restore Ministries Inc NJ$224,792 Trustee $24,522 $19,883 2023
Reach Ministries Of Corpus Christi TX$224,648 Ceo $70,708 $64,234 2023
Keith Hudson Ministries Inc CA$227,611 President $8,862 $6,950 2023
Risen Jesus Inc GA$224,523 President & Ceo $90,783 $82,897 2023
Frontline International Inc FL$227,817 President $114,245 $97,467 2023
Lord Of The Nations-pennsylvania PA$227,824 President $15,500 $13,634 2024
Belay Youth Ministry MI$227,893 President $60,974 $57,155 2023
Iplace TX$227,994 Executive Director $50,000 $44,119 2024
Bonhoeffer Haus Inc VA$224,152 Executive Director $85,750 $73,034 2024
Elpis International FL$228,229 President $38,400 $31,820 2024
Relentless Ministries OK$223,928 President $73,880 $71,760 2024
United Kingdom Partnership TN$228,296 Director And Coodinator $15,000 $13,908 2024
Ignite The World Ministries ID$223,868 Executive Director $27,000 $25,336 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
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 (Luke Hockenjos) 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 885 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.