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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope 4 Venezuela

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844667660
MN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gessimar Araujo, Executive Director / CEO ($105,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 799 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gessimar Araujo — reported title “President & Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

799 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 799 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $478,969 $105,700
$13,82010th
$26,75225th
$49,833Median
$83,28975th
$116,76590th
$105,700This org · 87th
p10$13,820
p25$26,752
p50$49,833
p75$83,289
p90$116,765
$105,700

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
Train Them 2 Fish International Inc NC$204,151 Treasurer $2,000 $2,091 2024
Remember Jerusalem Inc KS$204,030 President $97,004 $106,058 2024
Global Link Partners MN$204,234 Director $65,000 $65,000 2024
Lesser Ministries Inc NC$204,281 President Director $51,016 $53,347 2024
True Disciples WA$204,319 President $36,000 $33,582 2023
Haven Ministries CO$203,902 President $100,000 $97,041 2024
Nik Ripken Ministries TX$203,890 President $32,400 $32,800 2024
Joyful Korean Community Church TX$203,890 Senior Pastor $29,700 $30,954 2023
Reformed Evangelical Seminary Inc OR$204,513 President $37,496 $35,240 2024
Sports Outreach International Inc MO$204,687 Secretary $124,366 $133,307 2024
Sun Eui Church Of Ny NY$204,749 Pastor $18,000 $16,947 2023
Integrare Inc NH$203,300 Co-executive Director $100,667 $91,646 2025
Freedom Train Inc LA$204,941 Chairman $92,486 $103,065 2024
94x Movement Corporation OK$205,019 Secretary $53,888 $60,052 2024
Give Me That Book MO$205,094 President $5,026 $5,387 2024
Christian Resource Center NE$203,101 Exec Dir $16,510 $18,502 2023
Hope Emmanuel CO$205,250 Independ Con $164,494 $159,627 2024
Family Life Center International Inc SC$202,911 President $101,513 $107,177 2024
Bible Translation Fellowship CA$202,584 President And Board Member $123,743 $108,138 2024
Ocala United Inc FL$205,659 Director $62,400 $61,077 2023
The Well Training Ministry Inc FL$205,668 Board Member/community Admin $3,000 $2,852 2024
Cross Trail Outfitters Of IL$205,750 President $23,000 $22,884 2024
Dan Salas Ministries MO$205,828 President $60,000 $64,314 2024
Prayermentor TX$202,251 President $101,544 $102,798 2024
Simply Worship Inc SC$206,064 President $41,650 $45,272 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Gessimar Araujo) 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 799 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $105,700 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.