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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fischer Family Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205678382
TN · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steven Fischer, Executive Director / CEO ($123,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 256 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

256 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 256 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$342 total compensation of comparable organizations → $261,529 $123,000
$15,03310th
$30,58825th
$56,339Median
$84,59375th
$123,68690th
$123,000This org · 90th
p10$15,033
p25$30,588
p50$56,339
p75$84,593
p90$123,686
$123,000

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 TN 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
Iglesia De Cristo Casa De Jubilo RI$484,119 President $11,000 $10,331 2023
Jacksonville Kachin Baptist Church FL$487,162 Senior Pastor $37,200 $33,246 2024
Spanish World Ministries Inc IN$481,602 Executive Director $22,340 $23,075 2023
Pete Norris Ministries Inc NC$481,136 President $49,566 $48,723 2024
African Christians Fellowship Int'l SC$488,837 Executive Director $60,000 $59,549 2024
Comfort House Services Inc TX$480,833 Executive Director $79,146 $75,319 2024
Mapping Center For Evangelism & Church FL$480,617 President $97,400 $89,620 2023
In His Steps International Inc CO$489,302 President $63,000 $59,168 2023
New Alliance Missionary Church Inc GA$479,882 Pastor $53,541 $52,728 2023
Brazilian Church Agape Ministry MA$477,969 President $88,058 $75,281 2024
World Christian Restaurant Ministriesinc CA$492,194 President And Ceo $50,702 $41,651 2024
Robert J Morgan Ministries TN$493,608 President/trustee $140,557 $140,557 2024
Martin Luther Foundation DE$493,625 Executive Director $5,511 $5,001 2025
Casa De Avivamiento Corp NC$476,205 President $60,000 $63,212 2022
Reconcilingworks Lutherans For MN$493,675 Executive Di $112,666 $105,911 2024
Churchasia Inc LA$475,651 Pres. $109,131 $117,698 2023
Hands That Touch Inc NC$475,442 President $79,473 $78,122 2024
David Stockwell Evangelistic TX$475,365 President $8,400 $7,994 2024
Proclaiming The Gospel TX$473,918 Vice President, Executive Assistant $22,130 $21,060 2024
Hands And Feet Ministries Inc GA$499,523 Board Member $43,238 $41,360 2024
Lake Mead Christian Ministries NV$499,600 Secretary $7,661 $7,521 2023
Barry Wood Evangelistic Association Inc TX$469,291 President $68,686 $67,296 2023
Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries Inc TX$469,040 President $188,347 $179,240 2024
David George World Ministries Inc GA$501,079 President $139,064 $133,024 2024
Youth With A Mission Pittsburgh Inc PA$501,730 President $15,848 $15,035 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Steven Fischer) 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 256 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $123,000 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.