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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lutheran Ministry Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470640291
NE · NTEE X21J
FY ending 2025-01-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Snow, Executive Director / CEO ($77,428) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Richard Snow — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,719 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,506 $77,428
$12,70110th
$19,80225th
$31,989Median
$47,69875th
$69,30890th
$77,428This org · 94th
p10$12,701
p25$19,802
p50$31,989
p75$47,698
p90$69,308
$77,428

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 NE 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
New Light Assembly NY$96,756 President $18,550 $16,469 2023
Ethiopian Outreach Ministry PA$96,611 Executive Director $34,272 $32,617 2024
Church Of The Blessed International TX$98,577 Senior Pastor $30,000 $28,640 2024
Dwight Thompson Ministries Inc CA$100,243 Director / P $155,000 $131,506 2023
Victory44 International Inc VA$100,737 President $22,000 $20,871 2023
Franklin Ministries TN$101,171 President/director $60,000 $61,967 2023
Abundant Life Community Church VT$92,677 President $48,000 $46,108 2024
Globalservant Ministries Inc AL$104,018 Director $44,100 $46,811 2023
North Central Presbytery Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church IL$104,037 Treasurer, Member Of Board Of Finance And Trustees $5,500 $5,312 2023
Holy Synod Of Saint Athanasius PA$104,400 Officer $17,400 $16,559 2024
Daren Lindley Ministries Inc TX$88,482 President $71,852 $70,620 2023
Leadership Connection Inc MA$107,941 President $80,664 $69,177 2024
Rob White Ministries Inc SC$85,781 President $31,092 $30,956 2024
Kingdomstrate CA$84,875 President $36,665 $31,108 2023
Jamie Carte Ministries Inc WV$110,450 Member $21,056 $22,400 2023
Warren Christian Apologetics Center WV$110,606 President $28,800 $30,638 2023
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc KY$111,710 Pastor $48,893 $50,132 2024
Kingdom Ambassadors Church Inc NJ$112,299 President $14,020 $11,946 2024
Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center Inc UT$112,500 Clinician/clinical Director $125,208 $122,298 2024
San Simeon By The Sound NY$81,588 Cfo $14,333 $12,726 2023
Be Loved And Be Love Inc AZ$81,307 President $18,000 $16,521 2024
Slavic Baptist Mission Incorporated IN$114,065 President $46,750 $47,050 2024
Equipped For Life Inc NC$79,046 Chief Execut $34,028 $33,555 2024
Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church MS$115,698 Pastor Ceo $38,213 $41,817 2023
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist FL$78,474 Pastor $11,026 $10,177 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE cost of living and 2025 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 NE 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Richard Snow) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,428 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.