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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

At Stake Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452308324
KS · NTEE X11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Norman M Jennings, Executive Director / CEO ($80,559) 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 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Norman M Jennings — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

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

$4,463 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,937 $80,559
$16,78310th
$26,53225th
$38,920Median
$67,45675th
$98,76390th
$80,559This org · 86th
p10$16,783
p25$26,532
p50$38,920
p75$67,456
p90$98,763
$80,559

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 KS 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
Living River A Retreat On The AL$496,663 Executive Di $53,560 $55,142 2023
Bird Of Pray Foundation MT$498,120 President-executive Director $78,039 $77,866 2024
Porter Hills At Home MI$482,106 President & Chair Of Avenues Board/brio Ceo $31,878 $31,357 2023
Emmaus Inn Ministries CA$473,034 Executive Dir. $126,770 $101,326 2024
Iocc Foundation Incorporated MD$533,958 Executive Director And Ceo $59,731 $51,690 2024
St Matthews Music Guild CA$449,010 Board Member $5,584 $4,463 2024
Knowing Jesus Ministries Inc TN$440,098 Ceo $31,200 $30,357 2024
Friends Of Nagoya Theological GA$548,219 Executive Di $58,953 $53,454 2025
Friendship West Faith Formula TX$551,093 Treasurer $15,000 $13,889 2024
Il Muslim Civic Coalition IL$429,548 President $72,000 $67,456 2023
His Feet International PA$429,012 President $103,381 $98,248 2023
Elim Park Legacy Foundation Inc CT$423,361 President $49,858 $43,271 2024
A Ray Of Hope On Earth IL$415,365 President $231,551 $216,937 2023
Central European Christian TN$409,264 President $100,650 $100,822 2023
Foundation Of The Great Lakes Conference Churches Of God General OH$575,607 President $37,029 $36,303 2024
Awana Foundation IL$582,097 Secretary/treasurer, Aci Ceo $42,769 $38,920 2024
Acts 18 Foundation Inc WI$586,982 President $72,040 $71,698 2023
St Paul's United Methodist Church IA$589,603 Executive Di $24,955 $25,292 2024
Agape Impact Ministries Inc TX$385,088 President / Executive Director $18,210 $17,359 2023
Dorothy Day Capital Corporation MN$379,641 Vp & Cfo At Catholic Charities $39,251 $36,960 2023
Church In Action - Germany AZ$374,449 Ceo $33,373 $30,587 2023
Friends Of Our Lady Of Martyrs Shrine NY$371,754 Executive Director $83,490 $71,896 2023
Remnant Ministry VA$629,557 Executive Of $16,200 $14,479 2024
Endowment Foundation Of First NM$634,527 Executive Di $42,164 $41,977 2024
Liberti Network Of Churches PA$330,951 President $30,844 $29,312 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
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 (Norman M Jennings) 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 (X11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,559 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.