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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Port Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363384385
IL · NTEE P850
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Gonzalez, Executive Director / CEO ($80,024) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

82 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 82 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,903 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,445 $80,024
$22,64110th
$45,13225th
$57,389Median
$74,43275th
$87,84390th
$80,024This org · 85th
p10$22,641
p25$45,132
p50$57,389
p75$74,432
p90$87,843
$80,024

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 IL 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
Tioga County Homeless Initiative PA$410,902 Director Ope $44,875 $45,519 2024
Jesus House Odessa Inc TX$415,539 Executive Director $91,900 $93,507 2024
Family Promise Of Baldwin County AL$415,836 Executive Di $61,669 $67,767 2024
Homeless Helping Homeless MN$415,909 Chair Of Board $16,499 $17,072 2023
Texoma Family Shelter TX$423,196 Executive Dir $63,750 $64,865 2024
The Bridge Ministry Inc OH$399,230 Secretary Exectuvie Director $53,454 $57,588 2024
Corpus Christi House Inc ID$398,847 Executive Director $78,135 $84,547 2024
Integrated Recovery Network CA$397,973 Executive Dir $34,694 $30,473 2024
Community Education Partnerships CA$425,539 Executive Director $87,500 $79,124 2023
Family Promise Of Lawton Incorporated OK$426,003 Executive Director $43,811 $50,520 2023
Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc PA$394,511 Executive Director $62,071 $64,822 2023
Family Promise Of Augusta Inc GA$428,813 Executive Director $54,157 $55,389 2024
Portsmouth Volunteers For The VA$428,982 Executive Director $69,566 $70,341 2023
Merge Memphis TN$429,848 Board Member $34,560 $38,043 2023
Shenandoah Alliance For Shelter VA$386,985 Executive Director $51,853 $49,613 2025
Tourettes' Foundation For Needy Children Inc CA$386,297 Executive Director $29,465 $26,644 2023
Cy-fair Helping Hands TX$384,316 Executive Director $73,900 $77,414 2023
Family Promise Of The Midlands Inc SC$438,794 Executive Director $93,265 $101,892 2023
Homeless Gay Kids - Houston TX$441,152 Executive Director $100,641 $102,401 2024
Interfaith Community Pads Inc IN$443,348 Executive Director $54,807 $58,790 2024
Family Promise Of Montgomery County TX$445,304 Exec Dir $72,711 $73,983 2024
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities GA$376,580 Executive Director $48,479 $49,582 2024
3rd Shift Warming Cooling Center OH$447,015 Executive Director $53,380 $56,026 2025
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $51,213 2024
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $56,887 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (David Gonzalez) 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 82 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,024 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.