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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Living Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 010710918
SD · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arlen Te Slaa, Executive Director / CEO ($114,829) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1024 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Arlen Te Slaa — reported title “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

1,024 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,024 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,113 $114,829
$14,09810th
$27,81325th
$50,178Median
$77,33175th
$105,28390th
$114,829This org · 93rd
p10$14,098
p25$27,813
p50$50,178
p75$77,331
p90$105,283
$114,829

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 SD 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
Frank Hechavarria Ministries Inc CA$330,957 President $214,617 $167,920 2024
Imago Dei Motorcycle Ministry GA$331,868 Mitchell Sr $6,010 $5,476 2024
Soar Global Inc AL$330,739 Vice Preside $18,000 $17,620 2024
Gymtown Pantry Inc IN$332,000 President $78,000 $76,733 2023
Faith Christian Ministries Of Nash NC$330,654 Director $30,784 $28,821 2024
Echo Ministry NC$332,214 Executor Director $47,723 $44,680 2024
Accounting Beyond Borders PA$330,426 Executive Director $57,270 $51,749 2024
Co-laborers With Christ Inc NH$332,373 Vice President $27,500 $26,633 2021
Blast & Cast Mens Ministries TX$332,577 Executive Director $82,485 $76,971 2023
Mb Evidence Ministries Inc OH$332,684 President $37,591 $37,141 2023
House Of Israel Intl Ministries Inc CO$332,689 Chairman And President $124,145 $107,862 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Canaan Defensores MD$332,715 President $76,636 $64,920 2024
Project Concern Of Cudahy-st Francis Inc WI$332,761 Pantry Manager $55,678 $52,688 2024
House Of Hope-new Hampshire Inc NH$332,829 Executive Director $31,084 $26,007 2024
Waymaker International Ministries GA$329,726 Executive Director $10,452 $9,522 2024
Hands Of Hope International AL$333,015 Hunt $22,600 $22,777 2023
One Way Out Ministries Inc FL$329,694 President $45,643 $41,639 2022
Today Ministries TX$333,068 President $143,500 $130,065 2024
Free Indeed PA$333,074 Admin $80,986 $75,340 2023
Agencia Nexus Internacional Inc FL$329,621 Executive Director $12,200 $10,691 2023
Wooster Outdoor Center Inc OH$329,585 Executive Di $41,425 $39,755 2024
One Heart - Many Hands Inc KS$329,529 President $3,000 $3,147 2022
Coming Out Ministries Incorporated MI$329,419 Past Chairman, Co-founder, Senior Speaker $54,574 $51,040 2024
Creation Research Society AZ$333,364 Administrative $75,000 $67,286 2023
Live Like Jesus Today Ministries In KS$333,534 Executive Di $77,700 $78,306 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD 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 SD 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Arlen Te Slaa) 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 1024 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $114,829 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.