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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Tent Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271328787
TN · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine Shaheen Forsman, Executive Director / CEO ($39,996) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 205 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christine Shaheen Forsman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

205 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 205 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$814 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,521 $39,996
$11,32710th
$23,81025th
$42,773Median
$63,53175th
$86,36290th
$39,996This org · 47th
p10$11,327
p25$23,810
p50$42,773
p75$63,531
p90$86,362
$39,996

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 TN 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
Peregrino Hermitage Ltd CO$195,414 President $24,000 $21,893 2023
Compassion Counseling TN$196,114 Director $50,000 $48,566 2024
Community Kids MI$196,132 Mission/vision Director $44,800 $43,992 2023
The Kings Men PA$196,549 Officer $59,559 $54,883 2024
Project Trust Inc NJ$197,359 President $118,560 $97,816 2024
Workforce Chaplaincy CA$197,484 Chief Executive Officer $139,100 $110,991 2024
Brent Gambrell Ministries TN$192,827 President $47,702 $47,702 2023
Vaad Hakashruth Of Kansas City Inc KS$192,474 Executive Director (Term Ended October 2023) $51,223 $52,646 2023
New Life Christian Center Inc IN$198,595 Pastor President $6,000 $6,020 2023
Camp Christian Of Northeast Oklahoma Inc OK$198,689 Executive Director $38,796 $40,641 2023
The Profound Treasury Dharma Foundation Inc NY$198,750 Treasurer & Executive Director $12,000 $10,020 2024
Rogers Public Education Foundation AR$200,270 Executive Di $52,500 $56,142 2023
North Georgia Interfaith Minis GA$189,684 Exec Director $51,365 $49,134 2023
The Momentum Group ID$188,950 Ceo $43,661 $42,918 2024
Shepherding The Nations CA$201,635 Intern'l Dir $61,300 $48,912 2024
Beauty For Ashes Ministries Inc TN$187,796 Executive Director Vice Pres $29,500 $29,500 2023
Rawtools Inc CO$202,903 Executive Director $59,900 $54,643 2023
Webster Men Of Courage Inc LA$203,025 Director $60,000 $62,854 2023
Randydon Ministries MI$187,387 President $98,506 $93,953 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Eastern Pennsylvania PA$203,630 Director $36,081 $34,231 2023
Harry Wilson Ministries Inc OK$203,876 President $80,000 $81,401 2024
Anchor House Inc FL$186,398 Executive Director $52,820 $45,852 2024
Institute For Biblical Counseling & Discipleship LA$184,730 Managing Director $800 $814 2024
Be The One Ministries AR$184,620 President $22,266 $23,810 2023
Underground House Of Prayer SD$206,489 President $15,667 $16,449 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
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 (Christine Shaheen Forsman) 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 205 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,996 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.