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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dakota Christian Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460308088
SD · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of James Craig Fausett, Executive Director / CEO ($14,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1040 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: James Craig Fausett — reported title “VICE CHAIRMA”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,040 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,040 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,113 $14,400
$13,83710th
$27,11825th
$49,143Median
$76,99475th
$104,90690th
$14,400This org · 11th
p10$13,837
p25$27,118
p50$49,143
p75$76,994
p90$104,906
$14,400

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 SD 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
S O S Ministries Inc FL$310,658 President $60,000 $51,072 2024
Practice Ministries Inc TX$311,370 Co-founder $91,616 $85,491 2023
Chris Musgrove Ministries Inc GA$310,380 President $10,400 $9,475 2024
Youth With A Mission Ozarks AR$311,401 Board Member $37,723 $38,421 2024
Tyler Feller Ministries IL$311,620 President $18,153 $16,648 2023
Mike Patton Ministries TN$311,706 President $48,000 $45,717 2024
James F Myers Ministries Inc TX$311,732 President $65,000 $58,915 2024
Hana Mission NJ$311,913 Board Member $22,620 $18,300 2024
Enduring Treasure Ministries Inc MO$312,109 President $71,328 $68,453 2024
Gods Daily Word Ministries TN$312,287 President $86,520 $82,404 2024
Talented Foundation TX$309,476 Director $180,007 $167,974 2023
Business And Professional Outreach MS$312,704 President $124,034 $125,171 2024
In Grace Mission CA$308,787 Secretary & $16,500 $13,291 2023
Midland Soup Kitchen Ministry TX$308,741 President $95,160 $88,799 2023
Iglesia De Dios De La Profecia De Amityville NY$308,407 President $32,920 $26,954 2024
Whole Heart Ministries Inc CO$308,371 Executive Dir. $99,198 $88,733 2023
Vision Ohio OH$308,113 President $53,687 $51,523 2024
Wellspring Ministries Of Utah UT$313,925 President, Operations Manager $3,799 $3,627 2023
Bridge Of Hope Ministries MO$314,082 Executive Director $67,616 $64,891 2024
Ministerios Llamada Final New York Inc NY$307,445 President $21,256 $17,918 2023
Bethesda Miracle Worship Center PA$307,342 Pastor $18,000 $16,265 2024
Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministrie IN$314,533 Assistant Di $38,652 $38,024 2023
Christian Association For OR$307,185 President $10,628 $9,207 2023
Forever Families Inc TN$307,024 Chairman & P $78,784 $77,253 2023
Her Well Center Inc TX$306,991 Executive Director $77,261 $70,028 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD 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 SD 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (James Craig Fausett) 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 1040 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,400 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.