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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Apt Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263584260
TX · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chuck Ballard, Executive Director / CEO ($67,738) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $219,670 $67,738
$26,48310th
$44,75825th
$69,993Median
$116,52975th
$172,74490th
$67,738This org · 44th
p10$26,483
p25$44,758
p50$69,993
p75$116,529
p90$172,744
$67,738

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 TX 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
Everfree Ministries TX$368,000 Ceo $179,600 $174,447 2024
Federation Of Ministers And Churches Inc TX$363,636 President $125,443 $121,844 2024
Mission Barnabas International TX$391,748 Pres/ceo/director $72,120 $70,051 2024
Twin Oaks Christian Camp And Retreat Center TX$353,881 Executive Director $72,038 $72,038 2023
Mexico Mission Ministries Inc TX$402,904 President $32,400 $31,470 2024
Restoration International Inc TX$405,180 President $58,519 $58,519 2023
Early Childhood Christian Network TX$405,528 Executive Dir. $67,500 $65,563 2024
The Christian Church The Old Path TX$410,732 President $72,580 $70,498 2024
One Family Fellowshipone Nation Inc TX$411,806 President $78,278 $76,032 2024
Northlake Hope Center TX$416,480 Executive Di $55,000 $53,422 2024
Men's Leadership Ministries TX$417,981 Executive Director $197,600 $191,931 2024
The Brook Ministries Inc TX$331,955 Executive Dir. $84,000 $81,590 2024
Elijah's Retreat Inc TX$422,551 Program Director $46,299 $44,971 2024
The Tolson Group TX$423,309 Director, President $176,093 $171,041 2024
Thomas E Mcdaniels Ministries Inc TX$326,067 President $42,073 $40,866 2024
Cornerstone Outreach Center Of Amarillo Inc TX$426,104 Officer $72,000 $69,934 2024
Student Discipleship Ministries TX$317,544 President $169,000 $164,151 2024
Bonnie Floyd Ministries TX$316,455 President $60,000 $60,000 2023
Shepherds' Support Inc TX$437,090 Executive Director $116,520 $116,520 2023
Vietnamese Christian Restoration TX$312,230 Vice President $3,000 $3,000 2023
Cowboy-up International Inc TX$309,598 President/ce $32,800 $31,859 2024
Logos Leaders Outreach TX$307,823 Executive Director $219,670 $219,670 2023
Laymans Retreat At Round Top TX$306,714 Foreman $40,000 $37,851 2025
Legacy Family Ministries TX$454,850 President $93,908 $93,908 2023
Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries Inc TX$469,040 President $188,347 $182,943 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Chuck Ballard) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,738 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.