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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Steve Henshaw Ministry Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205594328
MO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steve Henshaw, Executive Director / CEO ($134,710) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 141 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Steve Henshaw — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

141 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 141 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,768 $134,710
$4,89210th
$10,95725th
$24,184Median
$42,57475th
$66,82990th
$134,710This org · 99th
p10$4,892
p25$10,957
p50$24,184
p75$42,574
p90$66,829
$134,710

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 MO 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
Ministerio International El Shadai Corp FL$82,662 President $12,000 $10,957 2023
Stephen Tong Evangelistic Ministries International OH$82,410 President And Missionary $18,500 $18,500 2024
Men Of Resolution CA$82,247 President $6,000 $4,892 2024
Fairview Mountain Ministries Inc NC$82,041 Executive Directornon Voting $41,960 $40,934 2024
Pray The Bay Area CA$83,451 Treasurer $18,000 $14,675 2024
Good News For Little People TN$80,900 President $23,205 $23,029 2024
Parresia Inc AL$84,570 Gunn $7,000 $7,351 2023
The Journey Center CA$80,696 Executive Dir. $32,120 $26,960 2023
New Life Network GA$85,382 Director $60,000 $58,642 2023
Great Light Tao CA$85,527 Chairman $79,589 $64,887 2024
Centro Aviva Iglesia De Jesucristo Nueva CA$85,640 President & Ceo $36,300 $29,594 2024
Ministerio Evangelistico Cristo Te Llama Inc IN$85,700 President $26,000 $25,887 2024
Deborah Stricklin Ministries TN$79,563 Executive Director $2,400 $2,382 2024
The Cana Project Inc CA$79,385 President $70,155 $58,885 2023
Christ Center Church AL$79,152 Pastor $14,725 $15,020 2024
One Kingdom Mission GA$86,380 Pastor $42,500 $40,346 2024
Faith Ministry Evangelistic Assoc IL$78,684 Presidentsenior Pastor $11,804 $11,281 2023
Center For Pastoral Effectiveness CO$86,674 Director $31,000 $28,065 2024
Center For Children And Theology DC$86,729 Director Of Cctheo (Not On The Board) $27,385 $23,359 2023
Iglesia Cristiana De Restauracion Inc CA$78,576 President $28,800 $24,174 2023
Kerith Springs Lodge Inc OR$78,477 Director $1,534 $1,345 2024
20d Ministries CO$77,871 President & $49,400 $44,723 2024
New Life Fellowship Ministries Inc MS$77,786 President $13,200 $13,880 2024
Gathering Of Leaders TX$87,582 Ex Officio $1,000 $973 2023
Church Of Judah Worship Center Inc AL$87,772 President $9,000 $9,180 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Steve Henshaw) 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 141 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $134,710 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.