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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Worcester Kidist Kidane Meheret Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464230534
MA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tekle Haimanot Gm Ashane, Executive Director / CEO ($27,572) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 858 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tekle Haimanot Gm Ashane — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

858 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 858 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$60 total compensation of comparable organizations → $511,561 $27,572
$14,92110th
$29,21025th
$53,849Median
$89,98075th
$126,09190th
$27,572This org · 24th
p10$14,921
p25$29,210
p50$53,849
p75$89,980
p90$126,091
$27,572

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 MA 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
Trellis Churches Inc KS$219,474 President $32,250 $37,660 2024
Promise Housing Plus KY$219,504 President $33,654 $39,081 2024
Jimmy Jack Ministries Inc NY$219,646 President $1,700 $1,709 2023
Eternal Vision Ministries Inc TN$219,089 President $22,300 $26,085 2023
Hope Forest Inc ND$219,737 President $25,000 $30,530 2023
Bold Ventures OR$220,166 President $33,000 $34,103 2023
Kyampisi Childcare Ministries Inc IN$218,604 Admin Asst/c $10,000 $11,399 2024
Men Of Valor Inc VA$218,543 President $45,000 $46,964 2024
5g Reformation Ministries TX$220,267 President $46,665 $50,455 2024
Grow Churches Inc OH$218,456 President $10,500 $12,021 2024
Calvary Way Ministries Inc CA$218,215 President $142,761 $133,246 2024
New Hope For The World WA$220,597 Ceo $8,232 $8,202 2023
Ancient Paths Inc FL$220,675 President $39,200 $40,980 2023
Lux Digital Church PA$217,753 Chairman And Temporary Treasurer $57,544 $63,859 2023
Joy Ministries Corp KY$221,039 Director Crc $24,000 $27,870 2024
The Octet Collaborative Inc MA$217,658 Senior Theologian $60,000 $60,000 2023
Spirit And Truth OH$221,152 President $91,500 $104,752 2024
International Love Ministries Inc OK$217,498 President $81,720 $100,137 2023
Cityforce Inc CO$221,350 President $90,000 $96,036 2023
Peter & Jill Mehl Ministries ND$217,345 President $28,000 $33,213 2024
Trinity World Missions Inc NC$221,527 President $36,000 $40,206 2024
Katartismos Global Inc VA$221,541 Office Manager $12,000 $12,524 2024
Footsteps Experience Inc CO$221,637 President $75,000 $77,733 2024
Women In Ministry Conference Inc GA$221,684 Executive Director $6,000 $6,521 2024
Als Family Of Faith AZ$221,726 Director $27,001 $28,068 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Tekle Haimanot Gm Ashane) 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 858 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,572 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.