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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Poiema Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464133090
TX · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Jowers, Executive Director / CEO ($74,138) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Jowers — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,099 $74,138
$10,66810th
$33,50225th
$54,051Median
$77,66275th
$123,39390th
$74,138This org · 67th
p10$10,668
p25$33,502
p50$54,051
p75$77,662
p90$123,393
$74,138

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 TX 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
Fathers House Educational Foundation TX$485,513 Executive Director $67,600 $69,597 2023
Hope Ministries Of Northeast Texas TX$500,151 Executive Dir. $50,525 $52,017 2023
Bob Crow World Missions Outreach TX$503,850 President $46,500 $46,500 2024
Walking Faith Ministry Inc TX$515,639 President $12,342 $12,342 2024
Seek Partners International Inc TX$425,019 President/ceo $69,000 $71,038 2023
Mobilize The Church TX$424,863 Ceo $124,241 $124,241 2024
Joel Gregory Ministries TX$418,156 President/di $91,371 $91,371 2024
Living Hope Ministries TX$412,506 President/tr $77,561 $77,561 2024
Damascus Road Collaborative Inc TX$405,634 Executive Director Coach $49,500 $49,500 2024
West Texas Gospel Ministries To Children Inc TX$403,987 General Director $84,448 $84,448 2024
Networx Ministries International TX$550,407 President / Ceo $22,610 $23,278 2023
National Missionary Baptist Convention Of America Dallas TX$397,339 Director And President $52,500 $54,051 2023
Fullness In Christ Ministries Inc TX$562,059 Dir/pres/tre $40,818 $40,818 2024
Segera Mission Inc TX$379,194 President, Executive Direc $10,249 $10,249 2024
Tina P Williams Ministries Inc TX$375,337 Director $5,000 $5,000 2024
Gathering Of Men Inc TX$373,921 Executive Director $129,840 $129,840 2024
Turn Ministries TX$373,296 Ceo $34,269 $34,269 2024
Abrahamic House TX$370,421 Chairman $120,000 $120,000 2024
Teach The Story TX$579,684 Executive Director $33,502 $33,502 2024
Days Of Grace Kids Care Inc TX$364,125 Co-director $38,400 $39,534 2023
Be Broken Ministries Inc TX$587,079 President/fo $68,212 $68,212 2024
Sherman Aten Ministries Inc TX$353,663 President $96,015 $93,540 2025
Freedom In Christ Residential Centers TX$351,232 Executive Director $41,400 $42,623 2023
Calvary Road Ministries TX$599,507 President $26,100 $26,100 2024
Princess Promise Inc TX$347,092 President $30,000 $30,000 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Rebecca Jowers) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,138 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.