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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Center For Spiritual Formation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232786232
PA · NTEE X20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhonda Strouse, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 231 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: Rhonda Strouse — reported title “CENTER DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

231 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 231 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $460,972 $30,000
$5,60410th
$16,55025th
$32,412Median
$56,04075th
$84,95790th
$30,000This org · 46th
p10$5,604
p25$16,550
p50$32,412
p75$56,040
p90$84,957
$30,000

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 PA 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
Leckrone Ministries Inc IN$115,776 President $15,600 $16,497 2023
Steadfast Family Farm Inc GA$116,606 Treasurersecretary $22,246 $21,787 2024
St Martin The Merciful Orthodox Christian Church Inc OR$115,378 President Rector Dir $18,000 $16,762 2023
Mary Esther Church Of Christ FL$116,799 Evangelist & Secretary $52,800 $49,739 2023
Gospel Outreach Ministries Inc OK$115,164 Secretarytreasurer $7,154 $7,899 2023
Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesus Texas TX$114,572 President $4,333 $4,346 2023
Opera Leggera Inc TX$114,570 Vice Presidentartisti $22,475 $22,544 2023
Brazil Outreach Ministries Unlimited CO$114,536 Secr/treasurer $6,000 $5,604 2024
Event Evangelism Inc FL$114,474 President $1 $1 2024
Abide In Him Ministries Inc NC$117,818 Chairman $71,500 $71,958 2024
Sound Interpretation Project OR$114,104 President, Director Sip $52,200 $48,610 2023
Mojdeh NC$114,079 President, Ceo And Director $36,000 $36,230 2024
Iglesia Fresca Uncion Inc TX$114,030 Pastor $18,000 $18,056 2023
Pilgrim Center Inc MO$113,877 Executive Director $52,504 $55,764 2023
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $27,049 2024
Freeland Ministries Inc TX$113,610 President $22,000 $21,435 2024
Generation Why Co OK$113,545 President $82,650 $88,643 2024
Beneath The Shade OH$113,486 Executive Dir. $79,000 $83,905 2023
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $5,252 2024
New York Gospel Ministries Inc NY$113,167 Pres Exec Dir $26,583 $23,396 2024
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $43,735 2024
Elevate Dance Ministry Inc KY$112,528 President $27,000 $27,525 2025
Adoremus Society For The Renewal Of Sacred Liturgy CA$112,260 Editor $40,650 $34,189 2024
Fountains Of Life Inc FL$112,164 Director $63,890 $58,459 2024
Mazatlan Missions CO$111,903 Executive Director/officer $3,300 $3,567 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Rhonda Strouse) 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 231 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 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.