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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dream Center Springfield Inc Nfp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842682708
IL · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jill Koch, Executive Director / CEO ($15,385) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 289 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

289 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 289 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$511 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,257 $15,385
$15,18410th
$31,24925th
$52,981Median
$80,16675th
$103,77990th
$15,385This org · 10th
p10$15,184
p25$31,249
p50$52,981
p75$80,166
p90$103,779
$15,385

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 IL 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
Lightshine International Ministries PA$323,275 Vice Chair $26,236 $26,613 2023
Steeple To People Ministries Inc PA$323,922 Youth Center $25,934 $25,552 2024
Phillip's Love Bears Inc NC$321,900 President $50,000 $51,043 2024
Kompass Ministries PA$321,663 Administrator $75,000 $73,894 2024
Laughter For All Inc CA$325,275 Executive Dir. $32,841 $28,845 2023
Cornerstone Marriage And Family Life Ministries TX$319,894 President $128,496 $126,992 2024
Fischer Ministries Inc OK$326,545 Executive Director $133,800 $145,562 2024
Life Balance Institute CA$326,590 President $41,589 $35,481 2024
Dannie Hood Ministries Inc CO$326,632 President $52,883 $50,100 2024
Wheat Mission In Atlanta Inc GA$327,186 President $42,000 $42,956 2023
Marty Goetz Ministries Inc TN$318,605 President $114,472 $118,881 2024
Eleos Ministries Inc MO$318,154 Founder & Secretary $66,100 $69,170 2024
Niswa Association Inc CA$328,005 Ceo $40,000 $34,125 2024
Ldi Foundation Inc GA$317,419 President & Ceo $24,200 $23,421 2025
Indian Ministries Of North America TN$316,897 President $44,800 $46,526 2024
Right Response Ministries TX$316,802 Treasurer $60,410 $61,467 2023
Heart Of The Outdoors OH$330,288 President $72,000 $77,569 2023
Synchronicity Foundation Inc VA$332,071 President $10,058 $9,594 2024
Inspearnations Inc AZ$313,818 Co-founder $42,167 $40,066 2024
Faith For Today Inc CA$313,736 Vice President $32,449 $27,683 2024
Little Sprouts Ministries Corp IN$313,129 Executive Director $40,133 $43,049 2023
Red Letter Christians PA$333,732 Board Member $38,451 $39,003 2023
Resolute MN$333,892 President $170,998 $166,936 2024
Word Of Messiah Ministries Inc NC$334,577 President $140,547 $143,479 2024
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $26,447 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Jill Koch) 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 289 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,385 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.