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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Missions Of The Upstate

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852752663
SC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Huber, Executive Director / CEO ($5,552) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julie Huber — reported title “Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,225 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,111 $5,552
$18,66110th
$30,00025th
$50,440Median
$87,50275th
$119,90990th
$5,552This org · 0th
p10$18,661
p25$30,000
p50$50,440
p75$87,502
p90$119,909
$5,552

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 SC 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
2 Becoming 1 Global Inc SC$291,373 Dirctor, President $24,000 $24,000 2024
Open Door Ministries Of Mt Pleasant Inc SC$304,337 President $36,000 $36,000 2024
Kingsmen Baseball Inc SC$288,046 Director $60,000 $61,772 2023
Re-launch Ministries Inc SC$279,783 President $94,700 $94,700 2024
Students In The Word Inc SC$277,160 Executive Dir. $39,583 $38,563 2025
Brown Family Ministries Inc SC$340,264 Board & Executive Director Of Bfm $48,993 $50,440 2023
Barnabas Network Inc SC$236,229 Founder $78,000 $80,304 2023
Shane Willard Ministries SC$360,096 President $119,000 $119,000 2024
Partner 10 15 Ministries SC$234,549 Vice President $8,058 $8,058 2024
Nurmay Missions Inc SC$231,056 President $7,225 $7,225 2024
Soar Columbia SC$368,773 Executive Di $69,487 $69,487 2024
Kairos Christian Academy SC$373,956 Co-director $21,876 $21,312 2025
Lifeline International Inc SC$211,786 President $158,111 $158,111 2024
Frazor Evangelistic Association SC$207,276 President $36,400 $39,012 2022
Simply Worship Inc SC$206,064 President $41,650 $42,880 2023
Ironman Outdoor Ministries Inc SC$389,469 Executive Di $120,000 $123,544 2023
Family Life Center International Inc SC$202,911 President $101,513 $101,513 2024
David Mcdonald Ministries SC$408,656 Director $24,000 $24,000 2024
White Horse Missions SC$442,885 President $64,800 $66,714 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Julie Huber) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + SC + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,552 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.