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Compensation Comparability Determination

Heidelberg Theological Seminary

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460462804
SD · NTEE B50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Maynard Koerner, Executive Director / CEO ($93,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Maynard Koerner — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,695 total compensation of comparable organizations → $426,529 $93,500
$20,38010th
$33,42525th
$57,275Median
$91,38975th
$156,87490th
$93,500This org · 77th
p10$20,380
p25$33,425
p50$57,275
p75$91,389
p90$156,874
$93,500

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
America Chinese Evangelical Seminary CA$420,606 Accounting Officer $33,476 $25,441 2024
Maitripa College OR$421,618 President $83,004 $69,844 2023
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute OH$387,260 Director $79,368 $73,984 2024
Toyota Technological Institute At Chicago IL$385,536 President $478,816 $426,529 2023
Nwa Industries For Education AR$453,082 Executive Director $57,664 $58,731 2023
Bridges Graduate School Of Cognitive Diversity In Education CA$454,095 Coo $24,319 $19,028 2023
Christ Our Redeemer Seminary Inc AL$459,218 President $57,023 $55,819 2023
Pillar Seminary NE$460,914 President $36,320 $33,495 2025
Slavic Reformation Society TX$461,512 Director $95,500 $86,559 2023
Wildlife Science Center MN$462,983 Executive Director $60,000 $53,720 2023
Academy For The Love Of NM$464,201 Mngr, & Gen. $189,240 $184,425 2023
Graduate Business Curriculum MN$353,980 Executive Di $135,150 $121,003 2023
California University - Silicon Valley CA$484,875 President $43,950 $33,401 2024
South Central Wisconsin Area Health WI$337,992 Executive Dir. $96,841 $86,717 2025
Leadership Institute Of Seattle WA$324,094 President $114,574 $92,946 2023
Copassion Inc FL$312,550 President $25,816 $20,794 2025
Irbs Theological Seminary TX$528,022 President $116,350 $102,432 2024
Jesse C Fletcher Seminary TX$295,607 Legal Advisory $7,386 $6,695 2023
Missional Training Center AZ$292,172 President Until 9-2024 $62,154 $51,252 2025
Torah Temimah Jerusalem MD$570,194 President An $52,050 $42,828 2024
The Master's Institute MN$587,576 757 Martin Ave, Hudson, Wi 54016 $24,000 $20,334 2025
Redemption Seminary Inc AZ$606,733 President $184,597 $160,860 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD 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 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Dr Maynard Koerner) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,500 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.