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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

From The Ground Up Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813766503
FL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dawn Hamm, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Dawn Hamm — reported title “VPDirector”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $268,033 $12,000
$16,37910th
$33,81425th
$54,662Median
$77,66075th
$110,13790th
$12,000This org · 6th
p10$16,379
p25$33,814
p50$54,662
p75$77,660
p90$110,137
$12,000

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 FL 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
Foundations Of Freedom Inc FL$369,000 President $52,000 $50,508 2024
El Taller Del Maestro Inc FL$374,061 President $28,766 $28,766 2023
United Nations For Israel Inc FL$363,888 President $68,900 $66,923 2024
One Name Ministry Inc FL$374,984 Vp $45,500 $45,500 2023
Christ Is The Answer Ministries Inc FL$361,100 President $83,016 $80,634 2024
Tree Of Life Foundation And FL$378,840 President $79,000 $76,734 2024
Mission International Iglesia Jesucristo FL$380,925 Director $73,680 $73,680 2023
Assembleia De Deus Luz Do Mundo Inc FL$383,143 President $1 $1 2022
Destiny Align Ministries Inc FL$353,009 Executive Di $67,115 $67,115 2023
Forge Men Inc FL$350,952 Creative Director $95,450 $92,712 2024
Iconicity Inc FL$350,745 President/treasurer $174,281 $169,281 2024
Bethel Family Enrichment Center FL$350,000 Project Coordinator $40,000 $38,852 2024
Assembly Of God Pentecostal Fire FL$348,937 President $24,000 $23,311 2024
Jesus At The Door Inc FL$391,778 President $38,400 $37,298 2024
Hogue Ministries Inc FL$392,368 President $20,271 $20,271 2023
Wings Of Eagles International Inc FL$342,635 Vice Preside $45,500 $44,195 2024
Ellel Ministries (Usa) Inc FL$395,967 President $69,565 $69,565 2023
Lx Ministries Inc FL$342,190 President/director $121,748 $118,255 2024
One Way Out Ministries Inc FL$329,694 President $45,643 $47,514 2022
Agencia Nexus Internacional Inc FL$329,621 Executive Director $12,200 $12,200 2023
Gods Share Program Inc FL$328,131 President $39,520 $38,386 2024
Sarasota Hope House Inc FL$415,920 President $48,150 $46,769 2024
American Educational Development Incorporated FL$321,216 Executive Director $96,975 $94,193 2024
Live Your Mission Incorporated FL$320,800 President $57,011 $55,375 2024
Unity In The Family Ministry Inc FL$418,165 Executive Director $79,813 $77,523 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Dawn Hamm) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.