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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Awakening Hope Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823787367
MN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gerald D Goossen Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($76,500) 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 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gerald D Goossen Jr — reported title “President”, 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

$54 total compensation of comparable organizations → $465,227 $76,500
$13,72010th
$27,29425th
$49,145Median
$82,12975th
$114,64290th
$76,500This org · 71st
p10$13,720
p25$27,294
p50$49,145
p75$82,129
p90$114,642
$76,500

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 $18,478 2023
Hope Community Center Inc MN$227,183 Executive Director $89,159 $86,601 2024
Recovery Refuge TN$227,392 Executive Di $120,905 $124,927 2024
Keith Hudson Ministries Inc CA$227,611 President $8,862 $7,744 2023
Frontline International Inc FL$227,817 President $114,245 $108,616 2023
Lord Of The Nations-pennsylvania PA$227,824 President $15,500 $15,194 2024
Belay Youth Ministry MI$227,893 President $60,974 $63,693 2023
Concilio Iglesia De Dios Misionera Inc FL$226,530 Director $20,000 $19,014 2023
Iplace TX$227,994 Executive Director $50,000 $49,166 2024
Cyrus Ministries CA$226,444 Ceo $21,000 $18,352 2023
Barnabas & Partners NC$226,389 Executive Dir. $96,938 $105,523 2022
Just A Preacher Ministries Inc FL$226,387 President $100,000 $92,345 2024
Elpis International FL$228,229 President $38,400 $35,460 2024
United Kingdom Partnership TN$228,296 Director And Coodinator $15,000 $15,499 2024
Give Em Jesus Llc LA$226,108 President/executive Director $70,000 $78,007 2023
Reconnecting Ministries Inc NY$228,464 Presdient $16,500 $15,089 2023
New Hope Ministries Inc MD$228,698 President, Dir $23,642 $22,369 2023
Global Evangelism Ministry Services Inc MI$228,731 President $61,650 $62,551 2024
Koome Ministries Inc CO$225,673 President $86,208 $81,258 2024
My Fathers Reputation MO$228,792 President $58,410 $60,813 2024
Named Ministries Inc NC$228,838 President $128,550 $130,568 2024
Wasatch Cowboy Church UT$228,845 Director/officer $29,500 $29,680 2024
Feed My Lambs International Inc TX$229,047 President $50,121 $49,284 2024
Gary Crowl International Ministries Inc OK$225,344 President $38,250 $41,403 2024
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $17,412 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 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 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Gerald D Goossen Jr) 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 $76,500 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.