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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Orchard Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384070089
NM · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Kohn, Executive Director / CEO ($43,314) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$145 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,565 $43,314
$4,65710th
$11,94325th
$25,506Median
$50,80075th
$66,16090th
$43,314This org · 72nd
p10$4,657
p25$11,943
p50$25,506
p75$50,800
p90$66,160
$43,314

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 NM 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
Youth On The Move Usa Inc FL$96,166 President $36,000 $32,372 2023
The Theosophy Company CA$95,337 Trustee $31,200 $25,049 2024
Partners In Christ TN$93,259 Executive Director $35,000 $35,216 2023
Fellowship Of The Inexhaustible Cup VA$92,814 Manager $8,500 $7,631 2024
American Housing Foundation I Inc GA$92,457 Dr/president $131,107 $122,565 2024
Tikvat Am Yisrael Inc NV$91,867 President $30,000 $27,959 2024
Spiritual Counterfeits Project Inc CA$91,159 President $48,000 $37,543 2025
Firstlight International PA$101,654 President $17,280 $16,022 2024
G3 Experience Inc TX$102,448 President $54,000 $51,706 2023
Inner Vision Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc MD$102,772 President $18,635 $16,198 2024
Institute For The Public Understanding Of The Bible AL$89,585 Executive Director & President Of The Board $78,400 $81,075 2023
St Joseph Of Optina Russian Orthodox Church VA$88,739 Priest $15,600 $14,418 2023
Little Pee Dee Baptist Association SC$88,585 Executive Board Member $150 $145 2024
Ross Family Ministries NC$105,754 President $62,500 $61,816 2023
South Mountain Family Camp NC$105,983 Executive Director $18,063 $17,353 2024
Beloved Warriors Inc IN$85,303 Founder/ceo $36,500 $35,787 2024
Plainview Meditation Center Inc NY$84,512 President $4,800 $3,929 2025
Barbara Yandell Ministries TX$108,559 Pres. & Rev. $58,636 $54,534 2024
Xtend Ministries International TX$83,807 President $57,742 $55,289 2023
Danny Oertli Ministries Inc CO$109,813 President $57,126 $52,433 2023
Heartstream Resources NC$82,843 President $22,789 $22,539 2023
Peace Ambassadors Usa TN$81,417 President $22,000 $22,136 2023
Sherwood Christian Outreach Center PA$80,957 President $26,500 $24,570 2024
Ywca Mclean County Foundation IL$80,269 Ceo/presiden $8,752 $7,793 2025
Heavenly Grace Ministries Inc NY$113,062 President $33,000 $27,725 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Chris Kohn) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,314 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.