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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope For The People

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911867067
WA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mikhail Savin, Executive Director / CEO ($8,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,232 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,000 $8,500
$31,68010th
$47,64025th
$57,560Median
$76,69375th
$95,17990th
$8,500This org · 5th
p10$31,680
p25$47,640
p50$57,560
p75$76,693
p90$95,179
$8,500

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 WA 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
Harbor Anglican Church WA$292,701 The Reverend $117,000 $117,000 2023
Al-ma Idah Initiative Foundation WA$289,289 Director $101,192 $95,755 2025
Mission To Seafarers WA$302,189 Operations Director $75,721 $71,653 2025
Abraham Blessing Ministries WA$277,788 Director $90,000 $90,000 2023
Creation Illustrated Ministries Inc WA$275,147 Board Secret $59,869 $58,151 2024
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $75,773 2024
Angel One Foundation WA$321,029 Vice President $31,000 $30,111 2024
Conquest Self Defense WA$264,595 Executive Director $79,395 $79,395 2023
Global Radio Outreach WA$261,175 Executive Dir. $50,692 $50,692 2023
Northwest Church Planting Network WA$254,122 Executive Director $112,243 $112,243 2023
Zeteo Ministries WA$253,683 Director President Missionary $58,652 $56,969 2024
Live Salted WA$248,502 Executive Director $56,775 $55,146 2024
The St Thomas Orthodox Church WA$246,493 Vicar/priest $63,500 $63,500 2023
Eagle Wings Ministries WA$344,770 Executive Director $73,080 $70,983 2024
Ministerio Cielos Abiertos WA$241,430 Officer $48,000 $46,623 2024
Debre Bisrat Kidus Gebriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewhido Church WA$236,964 President $31,200 $31,200 2023
Renewal Ministries Northwest WA$354,314 Executive Director $55,220 $53,636 2024
New Hope For The World WA$220,597 Ceo $8,232 $8,232 2023
Refreshed Soul WA$207,563 President $77,000 $77,000 2023
True Disciples WA$204,319 President $36,000 $36,000 2023
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $52,983 2024
Orcas Island Foundation WA$428,094 General Manager $38,980 $37,862 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Mikhail Savin) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,500 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.