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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bethlehem Baptist Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412028903
MI · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dennis R Giden Sr, Executive Director / CEO ($41,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 254 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dennis R Giden Sr — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

254 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 254 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $445,370 $41,001
$5,42510th
$16,46625th
$33,519Median
$58,26575th
$86,39790th
$41,001This org · 61st
p10$5,425
p25$16,466
p50$33,519
p75$58,265
p90$86,397
$41,001

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
Hallstrom Homeschool Workshops Inc IL$124,911 Athletics Director $750 $676 2025
Disciples Of The Way TX$123,448 Office Coordinator $30,551 $28,758 2024
Metro Ministries Of Fort Worth TX$123,383 Executive Director $22,656 $21,327 2024
Sola Network Inc CA$125,608 Cfo $2,371 $1,927 2024
Knowing Jesus Ministries VA$125,837 President $25,020 $23,405 2023
Harvest Mission Brazil Incorporated AL$122,556 Member $93,693 $95,252 2024
Living Loved Project CO$122,365 President $54,000 $48,727 2024
Vital Families Inc TN$126,266 President $100,009 $96,375 2025
Harvest Home Farmsinc WI$121,598 Treasurer $34,792 $35,203 2023
Community Church Of Praise SC$121,024 Pastor $34,485 $36,284 2022
Tandem Spirituality NC$127,979 President $93,203 $90,625 2024
Gifting Grace Project Inc LA$128,483 Director $36,038 $38,446 2023
Capilla De Gracia CA$128,712 President $600 $502 2023
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $42,254 2024
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $185,177 2023
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $5,452 2024
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $5,074 2024
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $26,134 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $28,424 2022
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $22,050 2024
Abide In Him Ministries Inc NC$117,818 Chairman $71,500 $69,523 2024
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $36,335 2023
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $100,215 2025
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $57,849 2024
Mary Esther Church Of Christ FL$116,799 Evangelist & Secretary $52,800 $48,056 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 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 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Dennis R Giden Sr) 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 254 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,001 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.