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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Common Ground Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263659372
MA · NTEE X032
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Spirdione, Executive Director / CEO ($42,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1254 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,254 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,254 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$62 total compensation of comparable organizations → $526,671 $42,800
$13,05310th
$27,63025th
$49,484Median
$82,78975th
$116,58890th
$42,800This org · 42nd
p10$13,053
p25$27,630
p50$49,484
p75$82,789
p90$116,588
$42,800

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 MA 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
China Services Ventures MN$171,022 Executive Director $52,000 $57,179 2024
One King Inc MO$170,845 President & Director $113,214 $133,440 2024
The Schermerhorn Foundation NY$170,789 President $9,500 $9,836 2023
Silver State Housing NV$170,784 Executive Director $86,965 $97,006 2024
Ancient Way Farm Inc GA$171,612 Executive Director $91,342 $102,205 2024
Gamboa Union Ministries PA$170,755 V. Chairman/treasurer $3,600 $4,113 2023
Common Grace Ministries Inc IN$171,687 Exec Directo $53,655 $64,826 2023
By Design Ministries International IL$170,622 President $48,600 $53,170 2024
Isnag Ministries Foundation NC$171,898 President $30,000 $34,495 2024
Sierra Vista Bethel Church AZ$172,154 Pastor $78,907 $84,448 2024
Hispanic Leadership Initiative NC$172,166 Executive Director $27,500 $30,805 2025
St Raphael Center Inc OH$170,171 President $60,000 $70,719 2024
Project Curate TX$172,209 Chairman Of The Board $53,542 $59,601 2024
The Vna Foundation Of Central NY$170,119 Officer $172,794 $178,890 2023
Revelation Of Love Ministries AR$169,780 President $22,800 $28,520 2024
Seder Family Foundation IL$172,751 Secretary $121,518 $136,871 2023
Iglesia Pentecostal Maranatha Inc NJ$172,843 President/priest $61,000 $62,398 2023
Fort Owen Ranch Foundation MT$172,914 Exec Dir & C $18,462 $22,800 2023
Laurel Area Interfaith Volunteer PA$169,373 Executive Di $48,000 $54,841 2023
Midwest Dharma Wheel Contemplative NE$173,125 President $36,000 $43,088 2024
His Healing Light Ministries CO$173,266 Founding Director $42,716 $45,581 2024
Faithhealthinnovations Inc NC$169,108 Director, President (To 7/30/23) $444,897 $526,671 2023
Audience Of One Inc IL$169,063 Executive Director $14,535 $16,371 2023
Northstar Church Of The Arts NC$169,030 Executive Director $88,810 $102,117 2024
Exchanged Life Ministries CO$173,368 Secretary $76,860 $84,437 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (William Spirdione) 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 1254 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,800 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.