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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Planting The Gospel Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452020370
GA · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Gravitt, Executive Director / CEO ($143,683) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,825 $143,683
$25,41210th
$42,00025th
$81,000Median
$105,50675th
$121,97990th
$143,683This org · 100th
p10$25,412
p25$42,000
p50$81,000
p75$105,506
p90$121,979
$143,683

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 GA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Essential2life IncGA $249,619$107,408 990
Sigi & David Oblander Ministries IncGA $249,808$80,304 990
Priority Insight IncGA $236,113$121,897 990
Jerry Vines Ministries IncGA $262,000$111,089 990
House Revival Ministries IncGA $231,858$23,237 990
International Biblical Training IncGA $229,046$83,266 990
Greenview Madani Center IncGA $224,036$36,400 990
Leadership Revolution IncGA $221,594$108,000 990
Kathy Kinchen Ministries IncGA $276,523$1,000 990
Mission 1014GA $277,169$93,236 990
Mount Zion Second Baptist ChurchGA $279,654$16,285 990
Truth Tabernacle Of Praise IncGA $282,011$96,250 990
Cross Cultural Ministries IncGA $210,799$36,000 990
Larry Hutton MinistriesGA $205,713$79,373 990
Walking With God PresbyterianGA $204,555$47,873 990
Great Adventure Missions IncGA $203,618$46,844 990
New Name Counseling And Teaching CenterGA $292,448$125,000 990
Great Exchange IncGA $299,254$72,068 990
Westminster Christian Fellowship IncGA $194,936$127,825 990
Metro Atlanta Seminary IncGA $300,852$25,956 990
Ministry Resource Network IncGA $304,375$82,200 990
Supreme Task International IncGA $184,534$105,506 990
Young's Chapel Missionary BaptistGA $177,843$26,121 990
Refiners HouseGA $322,813$43,143 990
Vision Street Ministries IncGA $346,018$97,806 990

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 GA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 Gravitt) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $143,683 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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). 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.