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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grace Korean Church Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823271316
GA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sungchan Ahn, Executive Director / CEO ($68,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,010 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,273 $68,250
$13,00010th
$46,33325th
$69,961Median
$97,36175th
$117,02690th
$68,250This org · 49th
p10$13,000
p25$46,333
p50$69,961
p75$97,361
p90$117,026
$68,250

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 GA 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
Home Repairs Ministries Inc GA$398,515 Executive Di $97,222 $97,222 2024
Christian Social Ministries Inc GA$411,049 Director $51,000 $51,000 2024
Foundation For Clinical Pastoral GA$411,150 Executive Director $49,643 $49,643 2024
Perspective Ministries Inc GA$387,594 Executive Dir. $75,900 $75,900 2024
Blackwelder Ministries Inc GA$382,707 President $151,471 $151,471 2024
Campus Clubs Inc GA$381,827 Executive Di $64,084 $65,977 2023
Proskuneo Ministries Inc GA$374,634 President $52,127 $52,127 2024
Regenerating Life Ministries Inc GA$371,778 Teaching Pastor $132,550 $136,465 2023
Embracing The Journey GA$433,411 President $127,847 $127,847 2024
Living Bridges Ministry GA$433,579 Executive Director $7,505 $7,505 2024
Directline Ministry Inc GA$436,174 Ceo $26,000 $26,000 2024
Christian Radio Fellowship Inc GA$438,199 President $91,536 $91,536 2024
Kingdom Foundations GA$440,406 President $92,075 $94,795 2023
Freedom Path Counseling Inc GA$457,592 President $107,200 $110,366 2023
Kidz Blitz Ministries Inc GA$457,902 Board Member $60,000 $60,000 2024
Ariana Ministries Incorporated GA$463,554 President $28,754 $28,754 2024
Camp Crosspoint GA$339,537 Executive Di $44,666 $44,666 2024
Gods Glory Ministries International Inc GA$339,459 President $77,256 $77,256 2024
Young Leaders International Inc GA$334,057 Executive Director $105,058 $105,058 2024
Revival Prayer Institute Inc GA$472,650 Growth Director $93,583 $93,583 2024
Imago Dei Motorcycle Ministry GA$331,868 Mitchell Sr $6,010 $6,010 2024
Waymaker International Ministries GA$329,726 Executive Director $10,452 $10,452 2024
Vision 938 Inc GA$329,089 Ceo $117,477 $120,947 2023
First Missionary Baptist Church Of Thoma GA$476,871 Ceo $20,880 $21,497 2023
The American Vision Inc GA$326,882 President $103,000 $103,000 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Sungchan Ahn) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,250 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.