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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Tree Of Life Missionary Baptist Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200964420
MI · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pastor Lathan Donald, Executive Director / CEO ($17,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,173 $17,650
$2,60710th
$6,67825th
$17,444Median
$32,32675th
$49,20790th
$17,650This org · 51st
p10$2,607
p25$6,678
p50$17,444
p75$32,326
p90$49,207
$17,650

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 MI 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
Bozrah International Ministries Inc CT$46,666 Executive Director $1,020 $927 2023
Teach All Nations Inc PA$46,687 President $898 $842 2024
Calvary Chapel Santa Paula CA$45,689 President $29,400 $23,890 2024
The Edge Ministries Inc IL$45,523 Manager $7,090 $6,560 2024
Masters Harvest TX$44,687 President $22,770 $22,067 2023
Fruit Bearing Ministries Of Durham NC$44,247 President/se $5,000 $4,862 2024
Cpc Prescott Holding Co AZ$48,943 Executive Dir. $6,188 $5,600 2024
Free In Christ Prison Ministries Inc NC$49,101 President $21,600 $21,002 2024
Compass Coach And Consulting SC$43,628 Director $46,800 $47,302 2023
Dominic Galati Jr Ministries WI$49,839 President $6,915 $6,796 2024
Le Rucher Mercy Ministries WA$42,380 Secretary $30,721 $26,647 2023
Amazing Vision Gospel Ministry CA$42,256 Ceo $42,000 $34,129 2024
Camp Shenandoah Springs Inc VA$51,100 Secretary $12,500 $11,357 2024
Dueitt Ministries Inc TX$41,571 President $18,000 $16,944 2024
Livingwaterinme Ministries CA$41,270 Secretary $1,000 $837 2023
Life Focus Communications Nfp IL$52,459 Executive Director $24,000 $22,859 2023
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $14,444 2023
Gkerr Ministries Corp FL$52,729 Kerr $44,655 $40,643 2023
Yahweh Church Orlando Inc FL$52,840 President $5,319 $4,702 2024
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $96,174 2024
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $8,741 2024
In The Name Of Love Ministries Inc CA$53,319 President $25,000 $20,915 2023
Fuentes De Aguas Vivas International Fellowship Church Inc IN$53,383 Vice President $15,600 $15,938 2023
Philadelphia Bible Institute College & Seminary In MD$39,200 President $500 $440 2024
John C Vaughn Evangelistic SC$39,105 Director $4,150 $4,074 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Pastor Lathan Donald) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,650 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.