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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wpeo Radio Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454029467
IL · NTEE X84
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul Scott, Executive Director / CEO ($44,989) against the 2000 closest of 2,016 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paul Scott — reported title “SECRETARY/TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,016 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $388,089 $44,989
$15,81010th
$32,50925th
$57,716Median
$87,51575th
$122,01190th
$44,989This org · 37th
p10$15,810
p25$32,509
p50$57,716
p75$87,515
p90$122,011
$44,989

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 IL 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
Digital Great Commission Ministries CO$362,781 President $42,766 $42,943 2023
Leif Hetland Ministries GA$362,572 President/trustee $183,662 $193,389 2023
Kh Institute UT$362,935 President $31,603 $32,900 2024
Contexticon Learning And Research Inc MA$362,393 President $102,000 $93,233 2024
Cedar Rock Ministries Inc AR$362,385 Executive Dir. $86,000 $101,232 2023
Great Hunt For God Inc OR$362,328 President/director $61,100 $57,715 2024
Love Defined CA$363,204 President/direc $50,400 $44,268 2024
Rt Kendall Ministries Inc TN$362,095 President $62,056 $68,309 2023
N4 Inc AL$361,981 President $9,000 $9,890 2024
Federation Of Ministers And Churches Inc TX$363,636 President $125,443 $127,637 2024
The Center For Contemplative CO$363,705 Executive Di $100,008 $97,542 2024
For Such A Time As This Inc NC$361,589 President $150,108 $157,765 2024
Jesus Project Ministries LA$361,550 Vice President $30,000 $33,601 2024
United Nations For Israel Inc FL$363,888 President $68,900 $65,838 2024
Mufid Academic Seminary VA$364,008 President $69,798 $68,550 2024
Gospel Ministries International In MO$364,108 President $90,000 $99,824 2023
Days Of Grace Kids Care Inc TX$364,125 Co-director $38,400 $40,225 2023
Christ Is The Answer Ministries Inc FL$361,100 President $83,016 $79,326 2024
Appleseed Ministry Group Inc CA$364,380 Executive Director $57,600 $50,592 2024
Pursuit 53 TX$364,457 Director $74,200 $75,498 2024
Prayer Stations Inc FL$360,841 President $7,500 $7,167 2024
Lev Experience MD$364,576 Executive Director $91,000 $86,538 2024
Evansville Student Christian Fellowship IN$364,601 Director $76,200 $79,631 2025
Undivided Heart Inc TX$364,671 Director $57,615 $58,623 2024
Jewish Heritage Movement Inc NY$364,701 Director $50,000 $45,957 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Paul Scott) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,989 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.