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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Coldwater Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203858808
AL · NTEE P60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony E Hoover, Executive Director / CEO ($46,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anthony E Hoover — reported title “DIR/VP/SEC”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,516 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,883 $46,500
$17,33510th
$28,82925th
$50,430Median
$68,96675th
$82,84390th
$46,500This org · 46th
p10$17,335
p25$28,829
p50$50,430
p75$68,966
p90$82,843
$46,500

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 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
Burrito Brigade OR$424,867 Executive Di $55,800 $46,589 2024
Agape Pamoja Inc MO$424,630 Board Member $20,000 $19,045 2024
Level Ground MN$431,499 President $19,164 $17,025 2024
Big Lake Community Food Shelf Inc MN$416,847 Executive Director $43,371 $38,531 2024
Union County Crisis Assistance NC$415,024 Executive Di $62,292 $57,869 2024
Midland Baptist Crisis Center TX$411,908 Executive Director $78,000 $70,150 2024
Redemptorist Social Services Center Inc MO$411,805 Executive Director $81,750 $77,848 2024
Foothills Food Pantry NC$441,634 Coordinator $26,880 $24,971 2024
Peace House Community MN$443,507 Dirctor Non Voting $92,009 $81,740 2024
King Outreach Ministry Inc NC$406,768 Executive Director $43,800 $41,892 2023
Biddeford Food Pantry ME$406,472 President & Manager $32,000 $28,067 2025
Help Of Beaufort SC$445,702 Executive Director $61,758 $59,638 2023
Asa Cox Foundation OH$445,932 Director $24,653 $24,170 2023
Poverty Reduction Services UT$446,091 Executive Director $111,038 $102,176 2024
Beyond Homeless Inc IN$401,692 Executive Di $55,981 $51,709 2025
Common Garments Ministry Inc KY$450,451 President $6,000 $5,796 2024
Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz MS$450,452 Executive Director $15,700 $15,722 2024
Everyone Matters Ministries CA$451,890 Executive Director $60,000 $47,957 2023
Love Light And Melody CO$398,768 Executive Di $117,380 $101,194 2024
Gainesville Community Ministryinc FL$398,510 Executive Director $51,753 $43,711 2024
Common Ground Free Store OH$453,131 Executive Dir. $65,860 $62,716 2024
Coopersville Cares MI$453,398 Director $12,022 $11,156 2024
Murray Calloway Need Line Association Inc KY$393,622 Executive Director $51,606 $49,848 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Somerset County NJ$458,723 Executive Director $88,250 $69,016 2025
Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Inc IA$462,999 Executive Director $41,023 $40,384 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 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 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Anthony E Hoover) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,500 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.