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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Community Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823752472
MN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ayman Lolas, Executive Director / CEO ($89,159) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 890 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

890 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 890 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $478,969 $89,159
$14,12610th
$28,10025th
$50,596Median
$84,28175th
$118,02890th
$89,159This org · 78th
p10$14,126
p25$28,100
p50$50,596
p75$84,281
p90$118,028
$89,159

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 MN 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
City Of Refuge Fellowship A Nonprof NJ$227,205 President $20,450 $19,024 2023
Awakening Hope Ministries Inc MN$227,228 President $76,500 $78,760 2023
Recovery Refuge TN$227,392 Executive Di $120,905 $128,617 2024
Keith Hudson Ministries Inc CA$227,611 President $8,862 $7,973 2023
Frontline International Inc FL$227,817 President $114,245 $111,823 2023
Lord Of The Nations-pennsylvania PA$227,824 President $15,500 $15,643 2024
Concilio Iglesia De Dios Misionera Inc FL$226,530 Director $20,000 $19,576 2023
Belay Youth Ministry MI$227,893 President $60,974 $65,574 2023
Cyrus Ministries CA$226,444 Ceo $21,000 $18,893 2023
Barnabas & Partners NC$226,389 Executive Dir. $96,938 $108,641 2022
Just A Preacher Ministries Inc FL$226,387 President $100,000 $95,072 2024
Iplace TX$227,994 Executive Director $50,000 $50,617 2024
Elpis International FL$228,229 President $38,400 $36,508 2024
Give Em Jesus Llc LA$226,108 President/executive Director $70,000 $80,311 2023
United Kingdom Partnership TN$228,296 Director And Coodinator $15,000 $15,957 2024
Reconnecting Ministries Inc NY$228,464 Presdient $16,500 $15,535 2023
Koome Ministries Inc CO$225,673 President $86,208 $83,657 2024
New Hope Ministries Inc MD$228,698 President, Dir $23,642 $23,029 2023
Global Evangelism Ministry Services Inc MI$228,731 President $61,650 $64,399 2024
My Fathers Reputation MO$228,792 President $58,410 $62,609 2024
Named Ministries Inc NC$228,838 President $128,550 $134,424 2024
Wasatch Cowboy Church UT$228,845 Director/officer $29,500 $30,556 2024
Gary Crowl International Ministries Inc OK$225,344 President $38,250 $42,625 2024
Feed My Lambs International Inc TX$229,047 President $50,121 $50,740 2024
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $17,926 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Ayman Lolas) 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 890 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,159 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.