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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Soar Columbia

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820794491
SC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Stanford, Executive Director / CEO ($69,487) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 958 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

958 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 958 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $365,722 $69,487
$16,16010th
$31,62325th
$54,843Median
$83,60575th
$112,93890th
$69,487This org · 63rd
p10$16,160
p25$31,623
p50$54,843
p75$83,605
p90$112,938
$69,487

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
Foundations Of Freedom Inc FL$369,000 President $52,000 $46,825 2024
Hamere Noh Kidane Mehret Tigrayan Orthodox Church CO$368,370 Prist $36,000 $34,066 2023
From The Ground Up Ministries Inc FL$369,257 Vpdirector $12,000 $11,125 2023
Walking Tall Southern Oregon OR$368,272 Director/pres $41,000 $37,575 2023
Potter's Field Ministries Of Mt MT$369,288 President $52,800 $54,556 2024
Hearing & Receiving Christ Ministries Inc TN$369,305 President $34,375 $34,635 2024
The Gathering Place ME$368,166 Executive Di $74,452 $73,572 2023
Reino Capital TX$369,607 Executive Director $106,090 $101,724 2024
Men Of Armor Inc NC$369,642 President $159,463 $153,867 2025
Willow Christian Academy CA$369,642 Program Dire $30,600 $25,328 2024
A Committment To Our Roots Inc CA$369,823 President $83,500 $71,155 2023
Time For Christ Inc TX$367,676 Director/jail Ministries Chaplain $54,000 $50,443 2025
Japanese Christian Fellowship CA$370,133 Internationa $37,404 $31,874 2023
Christian Science Committee On CA$370,153 Secretary $49,170 $40,698 2024
Ricardo Di Rocco Ministries NC$370,217 President And Pastor $134,700 $133,412 2024
Hidden Haven Christian Camp KS$370,357 General Manager $48,714 $50,446 2024
National Service Committee Of The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Of The Us PA$370,688 Executive Director $94,725 $90,547 2024
Nueva Vida Iglesia Baustista Independiente Fundamental TX$366,740 Minister/pastor $94,500 $97,112 2022
God Centered Life Ministries IL$371,243 President Founding Director $62,078 $60,228 2023
Charlie Bing Gracelife Ministries TX$366,136 President $167,112 $160,235 2024
Tapestry Counseling Of East Texas Inc TX$371,445 Clinic Director $17,100 $16,396 2024
Jesus Is The Answer Inc CA$371,517 President $36,000 $29,798 2024
Women On The Rock Inc TX$371,578 Executive Di $45,000 $43,148 2024
Regenerating Life Ministries Inc GA$371,778 Teaching Pastor $132,550 $131,526 2023
Christian Worship Center NY$371,894 President $78,900 $70,359 2023

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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (William Stanford) 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 958 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,487 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.