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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spirit & Truth Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222582816
NJ · NTEE P24
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Raquel Soto, Executive Director / CEO ($37,028) against the 2000 closest of 3,696 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

3,696 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20 total compensation of comparable organizations → $635,447 $37,028
$18,33010th
$36,05925th
$60,685Median
$83,78275th
$109,30990th
$37,028This org · 26th
p10$18,330
p25$36,059
p50$60,685
p75$83,782
p90$109,309
$37,028

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 NJ 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
Utah Assisted Living Association UT$337,602 Executive Dir. $75,677 $86,750 2025
The King's Table Ministries MI$337,621 Executive Di $58,221 $69,087 2024
Shadow Buddies Foundation Inc KS$337,530 Ceo/exec Dir $82,204 $105,114 2023
Burma Humanitarian Mission UT$337,697 Executive Director $24,480 $28,062 2025
Center Of Vision Enhancement CA$337,737 Executive Director $20,388 $20,838 2023
Gila Valley Samaritan Home AZ$337,344 Ciancimino $19,940 $22,698 2023
Massachusetts Climate Action Network Inc MA$337,333 Executive Director Part Year $53,548 $56,954 2023
West Louisville Community Ministries Inc KY$337,851 Executive Director $79,972 $96,232 2025
Fort Shiloh Boys Home Inc WY$337,886 President $29,093 $36,874 2023
Upper Kittitas County Senior Center WA$337,906 Exec Director $70,487 $72,552 2024
Rise Women Leadership Conference RI$337,934 Executive Director $5,000 $5,675 2023
Sunnyside Citywide Homecare NY$337,202 Associate Executive Director Of Finance $42,934 $45,920 2023
Hearts United Associaiton IL$337,196 Ackerman $41,140 $46,498 2024
Sampit Community Organization SC$337,172 Executive Director $47,383 $58,508 2023
Calvary Childrens School Inc VA$338,038 Director $70,724 $76,483 2025
Nest Academy Rva VA$337,063 Executive Director $77,115 $85,601 2024
Happy Kids Daycare & Preschool Inc KS$338,160 President $60,470 $75,105 2024
Elder Love Usa CA$338,174 Executive Director $1,500 $1,533 2023
African Missions Project Inc PA$336,934 Executive Director $9,850 $11,293 2024
Jacob's Ladder Care Services Inc MO$336,934 Treasurer $19,698 $23,985 2024
Home On The Green Pastures CA$338,336 Executive Dir. $33,075 $33,804 2023
Sunflower House Inc DC$336,813 President/executive Director $48,000 $48,425 2024
West Grove Area Day Care Center Inc PA$338,407 Executive Director $74,750 $88,230 2023
Socialworks CA$338,436 Executive Director $125,004 $124,095 2024
Answers For Life AZ$336,652 Executive Director $28,347 $31,342 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ cost of living and 2025 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 NJ 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Raquel Soto) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,028 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.