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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Marriage Encounter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222164348
IA · NTEE P46Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steve Chapman, Executive Director / CEO ($9,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,887 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,970 $9,000
$18,62910th
$29,09825th
$50,620Median
$81,53875th
$100,51590th
$9,000This org · 5th
p10$18,629
p25$29,098
p50$50,620
p75$81,538
p90$100,515
$9,000

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 IA 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
Tinina Q Cade Foundation Inc MD$318,478 President & Ceo $50,000 $42,692 2024
Parenting And Childhood Education Inc MD$317,669 President $24,036 $20,523 2024
Gustafson Counseling And Consulting KS$317,012 President $25,000 $24,667 2024
Drexel Community Fair Incorporated NC$322,260 President $2,000 $1,887 2024
Serenity Group Family Therapy Inc CA$313,988 Secretary $132,000 $104,099 2024
Hearts And Hands Counseling CA$313,794 Ceo $41,120 $31,593 2025
Dad Tired SC$324,373 President $110,500 $105,283 2024
Love-light Christian Counseling Inc IL$311,087 Director $124,600 $111,875 2024
The Counseling Institute Of Texas Inc TX$307,328 Secretary Admin Assit $18,000 $16,930 2023
Restoration Resources Ministry Inc OH$307,270 President $98,500 $95,281 2024
Emmanuel Center For Pastoral Counseling Of St Bartholomews Inc GA$307,004 Counselor And Exec Dir $138,158 $130,619 2023
Great Marriages For Sheboygan County WI$304,852 Executive Director/ceo $89,449 $85,318 2024
Marriageteam WA$334,826 Deputy Executive Director $46,359 $37,907 2024
Pastoral Counseling VA$343,381 President/ceo $70,799 $64,276 2023
Haven Retreats Inc FL$293,861 Board Of Directors, Director (Employee) Nonvoting Member $52,975 $45,451 2024
Camp Koala PA$292,269 President; Exec Director $50,000 $46,884 2023
Living Well Inc OK$289,602 Executive Director $24,000 $23,513 2025
Fuller Life Institute TX$288,769 Board Member $30,995 $28,316 2024
One Voice One Community PA$288,166 Vice Preside $35,000 $32,819 2023
Ste Genevieve Area Center For Life MO$288,158 Executive Di $53,321 $53,102 2023
Community Counseling Center Inc CA$287,160 Executive Director $54,648 $41,986 2025
New Haven SD$352,280 Executive Di $65,000 $65,516 2024
Newton Pregnancy Resource Center GA$284,362 Executive $59,900 $56,631 2023
Pastoral Counseling For Denver Inc CO$284,132 Administrative Director $31,034 $27,178 2024
Still Waters Counseling Center GA$357,804 President $43,346 $39,805 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 Chapman) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.