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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Awaken Hearts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844573673
NE · NTEE X19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jean Nicole, Executive Director / CEO ($24,022) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$932 total compensation of comparable organizations → $189,666 $24,022
$16,72610th
$34,35225th
$64,944Median
$89,16475th
$109,37390th
$24,022This org · 19th
p10$16,726
p25$34,352
p50$64,944
p75$89,164
p90$109,373
$24,022

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 NE 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
National Latino Evangelical Coalition Inc FL$203,313 President $40,000 $35,969 2023
The Redimere Group CO$203,090 President $143,049 $131,298 2023
Restoration Ministries MN$206,537 Executive Di $72,000 $66,146 2024
Love Inc Of Linn County OR$200,186 Executive Director $22,438 $20,764 2022
Training Pastors International VA$208,323 President, C $122,634 $113,342 2023
Gospel Care Ministry Inc KY$199,177 President $15,600 $15,583 2024
Reaching Mankind For Christ Ministries CA$188,603 Secretary $4,777 $3,835 2024
Mark Purkey Ministries Inc OK$187,072 President $100,000 $105,403 2023
Hamilton Living Water Ministry Inc OH$222,466 Exec. Direct $48,846 $48,101 2024
Salt & Light Partners MN$226,459 Excutive Director $67,392 $63,742 2023
Star Lake Bible Camp Assn MN$229,531 Camp Directo $62,853 $57,743 2024
Capri Real Estate Holding Company MN$178,067 Former Treasurer $1,014 $932 2024
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation IL$230,930 Executive Director $207,500 $189,666 2024
Kingdom Dog Ministries TX$176,408 Director $72,000 $66,963 2024
Global Encounters Missions CA$232,377 Executive Di $51,440 $41,298 2024
Rough Cut Men Ministries Inc FL$174,512 Director $60,500 $52,843 2024
Ginosko Leadership Ministries IL$168,451 Exec. Director Chair $83,760 $76,561 2024
Young Leaders Inc GA$167,577 Ceo - Catalyst Leaders $45,000 $42,068 2024
Healthy Growing Leaders Inc SC$241,865 Chairman $94,500 $94,368 2023
Leading Saints UT$251,452 Executive Director $101,383 $96,474 2024
The Healing Path Ministries Inc CA$153,921 President $109,200 $87,670 2024
Ebecc Library Inc MA$259,122 Treasurer $34,379 $28,723 2024
Passion Promise Ministries TN$148,411 Ceo/president $44,802 $43,785 2024
Straightway Holdings Inc MO$260,017 President & Treasurer $89,114 $87,755 2024
Waterhose Ministries Inc TX$147,263 President $20,000 $19,150 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Jean Nicole) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,022 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.