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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wilberforce International Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264353414
MN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Cooney, Executive Director / CEO ($77,368) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 947 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: Kevin Cooney — reported title “President & Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

947 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 947 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $478,969 $77,368
$14,39910th
$29,03625th
$52,570Median
$85,95275th
$118,23190th
$77,368This org · 69th
p10$14,399
p25$29,036
p50$52,570
p75$85,952
p90$118,231
$77,368

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 MN 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
Deshis Hope International NY$243,614 President $97,500 $89,164 2024
Household Of Faith Ministries ME$243,310 President $65,250 $66,124 2024
Mentoring Plus Inc KY$243,253 Executive Director $67,600 $75,672 2023
Isaiah's Soup Kitchen NM$243,683 Executive Director $48,541 $54,398 2023
Turn Ministries CO$243,102 President $99,000 $96,071 2024
Warrior Heart Ministries UT$243,848 Officer $9,663 $10,304 2023
Created For More Ministries Nfp IL$243,085 President $27,461 $27,322 2024
The Bread Global Inc TN$242,849 Secretary/treasurer $6,600 $7,228 2023
Life Impact Ministries CO$244,144 Director $118,600 $115,091 2024
Wellspring Church Ministries AZ$244,262 Senior Pastor $15,180 $14,775 2024
Sharing Gods Love Inc TX$242,495 Director $7,200 $7,505 2023
American Remnant Mission Inc CA$244,446 Executive Director $58,120 $49,481 2025
Wildfire Network TX$242,456 President, Executive Director $54,770 $55,446 2024
Ieec Woodbridge Church VA$244,663 Pastor $51,750 $52,062 2023
3c Sports Ministry TN$244,717 President $68,574 $72,948 2024
Via Veritas Inc TN$242,145 President & Ceo $75,098 $79,888 2024
Recenteredlife CA$244,911 Ceo $121,000 $105,741 2024
Ministerios Cristianos Fuente De Vida CA$241,988 Ceo $18,000 $16,195 2023
World Wide Spanish Literature TX$245,076 Secretary $18,200 $18,425 2024
Sea Of Hope Ministries TX$245,090 President $54,000 $54,667 2024
Au Health Professions Associates Inc GA$241,826 Acting Ceo Of Au Health $108,952 $108,010 2025
Baltimore International Seafarers Center MD$245,112 Executive Director $88,588 $83,818 2024
Date Palm Consulting TX$245,162 Key Employee $50,095 $52,212 2023
Uprising Inc KY$245,194 President $119,900 $130,366 2024
Cry Of Deliverance Inc MD$245,364 Secretary/treasurer $5,198 $4,918 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Kevin Cooney) 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 947 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,368 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.