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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shepherding The Nations

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261718994
CA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ryder Kumar, Executive Director / CEO ($61,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ryder Kumar — reported title “INTERN'L DIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,100 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,444 $61,300
$13,33810th
$31,50225th
$46,505Median
$97,53975th
$128,80990th
$61,300This org · 69th
p10$13,338
p25$31,502
p50$46,505
p75$97,539
p90$128,809
$61,300

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 CA 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
Workforce Chaplaincy CA$197,484 Chief Executive Officer $139,100 $139,100 2024
Arise Wellness CA$209,159 President $45,000 $45,000 2024
San Gabriel Valley Budhistic Assoc Inc CA$221,218 Ceo $14,400 $14,400 2024
Tend CA$221,560 President & $115,118 $118,518 2023
Unison Harvest International Inc CA$180,657 President $174,296 $179,444 2023
Alameda Muslim League CA$179,144 Imaam Minister $46,700 $48,079 2023
Mastery Foundation CA$227,716 Exec Dir & Vp $94,965 $94,965 2024
Harvest Seminary Inc CA$233,013 Trustee $48,009 $48,009 2024
Mision De Jesucristo Fuente De Salvacion CA$168,982 Minister $26,400 $26,400 2024
Center For Sacred Studies CA$259,761 President $1,100 $1,100 2024
Compassion Causes CA$265,402 Development Director $12,275 $12,275 2024
One Message Foundation Corporation CA$266,703 Ceo $42,875 $42,875 2024
Global Sharing CA$271,324 President And Ceo $102,240 $105,260 2023
The Mystical Humanity Of Christ CA$274,389 Executive Dir. $32,250 $33,203 2023
Be2live CA$291,496 Vice-president $57,974 $57,974 2024
Hope Academy CA$300,477 Educational $36,000 $37,063 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Ryder Kumar) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,300 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.