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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Marriage In Focus Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920682737
AL · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Hines, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 290 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

290 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 290 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$879 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,861 $75,000
$14,63510th
$28,42725th
$47,992Median
$72,81575th
$99,38490th
$75,000This org · 76th
p10$14,635
p25$28,427
p50$47,992
p75$72,815
p90$99,384
$75,000

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 AL 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
Ancora Ministries Inc TX$296,864 Executive Director $56,500 $53,860 2023
Regions Beyond International Inc FL$297,125 Pres $177,040 $153,948 2024
Banks County Christian Learning GA$296,595 Director $18,625 $17,335 2024
Emmaus Institute For Biblical NE$296,283 President $40,700 $41,717 2023
Good News Kenya Inc WI$295,662 Officer $31,840 $30,780 2024
Crosslife Ministries Inc NC$295,313 President $103,617 $99,102 2024
Celebrating Life Ministries IL$298,915 President $90,000 $84,320 2023
Ctw Ministries Inc TX$298,945 Director $26,900 $24,907 2024
Latin American Christian Covenant TX$294,591 President $33,000 $30,556 2024
Grace Haven Biblical Renewal Ministries Inc IN$299,479 Counselor $90,180 $88,028 2024
Bsf International Properties Corp TX$300,014 President $19,915 $18,440 2024
4 The World Resource Distributors MO$293,471 Ceo $79,706 $76,128 2025
Hope Academy CA$300,477 Educational $36,000 $29,624 2023
K-nation Group TX$302,088 Ceo $100,000 $95,328 2023
Be2live CA$291,496 Vice-president $57,974 $46,338 2024
Nhntx Inc TX$302,451 Executive Dir. $77,044 $71,337 2024
Poimen Ministries CA$303,501 President $61,118 $48,851 2024
Healing Door Ministries CO$303,616 Mohr $15,000 $13,707 2023
Brethren Leadership Foundation CO$303,869 Treasurer $1,992 $1,768 2024
Institute For World Evangelization OR$289,157 President $6,666 $5,899 2023
All For Jesus Inc FL$305,226 Morris $102,692 $89,297 2024
Grunewald Ministries Inc OK$305,290 President $158,994 $166,841 2023
Mosaic Sanctuary Inc OK$305,658 President $7,750 $8,133 2023
Renew Polk Inc FL$286,802 Director $22,750 $19,783 2024
Shepherd Ministries Inc IA$286,106 Treasurer $62,791 $63,640 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Chris Hines) 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 290 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.