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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bethel Institute For Social Justice

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271375096
MA · NTEE X11
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kwaku J Acheampong, Executive Director / CEO ($20,412) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 534 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kwaku J Acheampong — reported title “CFO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

534 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 534 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $511,561 $20,412
$7,97610th
$19,24725th
$36,859Median
$61,23475th
$91,83790th
$20,412This org · 27th
p10$7,976
p25$19,247
p50$36,859
p75$61,234
p90$91,837
$20,412

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
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $5,828 2024
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $30,018 2024
Sylvan Nook Church Of Christ IN$118,134 Secretary And Minister $65,385 $76,732 2023
Grad Resources TX$117,974 Chairman $72,000 $77,848 2024
Ron Herrod Evangelistic Ministry Association TN$117,825 Board Member $67,404 $78,844 2023
Abide In Him Ministries Inc NC$117,818 Chairman $71,500 $79,855 2024
Reaching International TX$119,195 President/director $50,004 $54,065 2024
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $48,534 2024
Christian Television Network Inc Mo FL$117,557 President $7,630 $7,976 2023
Mt Zion Pentecostal Churches Of God NJ$119,356 President $28,600 $29,582 2022
Women's Circle Inc FL$119,472 Director $72,000 $75,270 2023
Phat An Temple Inc FL$119,517 President $17,200 $17,466 2024
Mary Esther Church Of Christ FL$116,799 Evangelist & Secretary $52,800 $55,198 2023
Joyous Community Church CA$116,726 Ceo $40,000 $37,334 2024
This Redeemed Life TX$120,165 President $33,815 $36,562 2024
Touch Life Mission CA$116,675 President $32,400 $31,134 2023
Steadfast Family Farm Inc GA$116,606 Treasurersecretary $22,246 $24,178 2024
Church United CA$116,515 Vice President $45,000 $42,001 2024
The Center For Spiritual Formation Inc PA$116,000 Center Director $30,000 $33,292 2023
Community Church Of Praise SC$121,024 Pastor $34,485 $41,677 2022
Leckrone Ministries Inc IN$115,776 President $15,600 $18,307 2023
Charis Foundation For New Monacticism & Interspirituality NM$121,147 President, Director Of Keating-schachter Center $50,800 $59,059 2024
The Annesley Association Of Senior PA$121,151 President $10,380 $11,188 2024
Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church MS$115,698 Pastor Ceo $38,213 $47,361 2023
St Martin The Merciful Orthodox Christian Church Inc OR$115,378 President Rector Dir $18,000 $18,602 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 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 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Kwaku J Acheampong) 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 534 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,412 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.