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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Score Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383589654
MI · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Totten, Executive Director / CEO ($112,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 234 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

234 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 234 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,141 $112,650
$12,75110th
$26,11125th
$45,873Median
$70,72375th
$94,38190th
$112,650This org · 95th
p10$12,751
p25$26,111
p50$45,873
p75$70,723
p90$94,381
$112,650

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 MI 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
Terry Tripp Ministries TN$213,220 President $60,000 $61,103 2024
Kindred Life Ministries Inc IL$213,011 Director $27,875 $26,550 2024
Maritime Ministries Inc NC$212,780 Treasurer $15,439 $15,455 2024
The Agape Puppets Inc GA$213,813 Executive Di $54,450 $54,609 2023
Kavod Vnichum NJ$212,206 Executive Dir. $56,500 $50,317 2023
The Interfaith Center Inc AR$214,385 Executive Dir. $39,999 $44,846 2023
Faith At Work Inc IA$210,587 Executive Director $114,490 $125,040 2023
Bent-tree TX$209,456 Director $108,000 $107,758 2023
Transformation Ministries Inc CO$209,269 Dir Of Educatn $17,107 $15,892 2024
Arise Wellness CA$209,159 President $45,000 $37,647 2024
Iglesia Pentecostal Rajem NY$217,379 President $110,708 $96,921 2024
Chance Walters Ministries Inc NC$217,793 President $93,200 $96,055 2023
Current Of Tampa Bay Inc FL$208,514 President $11,200 $10,194 2024
Red River Institute Of History Inc OK$218,152 President $100,000 $106,682 2024
Limestone County Churches Involved AL$207,703 President $14,958 $15,656 2024
Christian Witness To Israel Inc AR$219,019 Director Of Ministry $100,604 $112,796 2023
Chris Mcdaniel Ministries Inc GA$219,060 Treasurer $2,555 $2,562 2023
Christ In The Rockies CO$219,139 Executive Director $13,797 $13,196 2023
Mens Discipleship Network Inc NY$219,295 President & Ceo $54,600 $47,800 2024
Christian Healing Network CO$206,697 Executive Dir. $32,815 $29,699 2025
True Daughters Inc NC$206,637 President $68,958 $71,070 2023
The 102 Project NE$206,598 Executive Di $40,000 $41,681 2024
Kainos AR$219,923 Sec/treas. $80,000 $87,121 2024
Underground House Of Prayer SD$206,489 President $15,667 $17,247 2023
Prayer Power Ministries Inc TX$220,263 Executive Director $61,400 $61,263 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Jeff Totten) 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 234 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $112,650 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.