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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dovehouse Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271547433
TN · NTEE P46
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gail Pitt, Executive Director / CEO ($62,956) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gail Pitt — reported title “FOUNDING DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,910 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,157 $62,956
$16,58610th
$27,33225th
$41,377Median
$78,56975th
$105,44690th
$62,956This org · 67th
p10$16,586
p25$27,332
p50$41,377
p75$78,569
p90$105,446
$62,956

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
Mobilepreacherorg Inc FL$249,166 President & Ceo $90,600 $78,648 2024
Free To Be Ministries OH$261,697 Executive Director $34,077 $34,337 2023
Illinois Mental Health Counselors Assoc IL$240,710 Executive Director $35,100 $31,065 2025
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute NC$262,503 Director $27,298 $26,834 2023
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Usa CA$239,704 Office Manager $74,845 $59,721 2024
Hope Matters Marriage Ministries TX$263,644 President $114,367 $108,837 2023
Someone To Tell It To Inc PA$265,573 Co-ceo $82,127 $77,915 2023
Teen Hope Of Idaho Inc ID$265,688 Executive Director (June-dec) $11,550 $11,689 2023
Shalveh Inc NY$269,717 Director $3,000 $2,505 2024
Empowered And Dedicated To Edify The MA$231,724 Ceo And Exec Director $100,000 $83,037 2024
Siloam PA$271,663 Executive Di $123,735 $114,022 2024
Community Grief Support Service AL$230,846 Executive Director - Part Year $45,536 $45,459 2024
Eagle Family Ministries Inc AR$230,634 President $32,500 $34,754 2023
Restore Ministries Inc MO$273,193 Minister $28,196 $27,596 2024
Heart In Balance CA$228,400 Executive Dir. $25,190 $20,099 2024
Christian Psychological Services Of KS$275,098 Executive Dir. $30,637 $30,585 2024
Bridge To Life Ministries MI$278,387 President $64,062 $62,906 2023
Equipping Network LA$278,874 President $30,142 $31,576 2023
Freedom That Lasts Ministries SC$279,515 Executive Director $81,473 $78,542 2024
Joshua Holmes Ministries TX$220,000 Secretary $28,000 $25,882 2024
Pastoral Counseling For Denver Inc CO$284,132 Administrative Director $31,034 $27,498 2024
Newton Pregnancy Resource Center GA$284,362 Executive $59,900 $57,298 2023
Bliss & Wisdom Culture And Education CA$218,140 Cfo $2,400 $1,972 2023
Daemion Counseling Center Inc PA$217,687 Executive Director $24,728 $23,460 2023
Community Counseling Center Inc CA$287,160 Executive Director $54,648 $42,481 2025

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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Gail Pitt) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,956 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.