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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wholeness To Freedom Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471979540
FL · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of James L Begley Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($19,664) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 131 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: James L Begley Jr — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

131 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 131 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,446 total compensation of comparable organizations → $255,590 $19,664
$28,90710th
$42,59925th
$67,129Median
$94,83175th
$127,70990th
$19,664This org · 7th
p10$28,907
p25$42,599
p50$67,129
p75$94,831
p90$127,709
$19,664

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 FL 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
Shielding The Frontline Kern County Inc CA$412,313 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,151 2023
Childrens Grief Center Of El Paso TX$411,640 Executive Director $115,414 $119,369 2024
Verity Inc FL$413,652 Executive Director $60,008 $58,286 2024
Love And Respect Ministries Inc MI$405,717 President $224,820 $239,929 2024
Healing Heroes Ministries MT$405,025 President $229,325 $255,590 2024
Divergent Recovery Center Inc GA$421,195 Director $13,000 $13,515 2024
Summit Quest Adventures Inc GA$423,944 Executive Director $55,778 $57,988 2024
Hope Mental Health Foundation AZ$424,035 Chairman $69,000 $68,611 2024
Barnabas Horse Foundation Inc SC$424,492 President $65,000 $70,112 2024
Marriage Mentors Inc TX$398,843 Ceo/president $138,334 $143,074 2024
Mental Health Grace Alliance TX$397,742 President An $81,520 $84,313 2024
Drums In Recovery Inc FL$397,477 President $183,200 $177,944 2024
Life Focus Center Inc NJ$396,394 President $47,600 $43,941 2024
Child Life Society Inc NY$431,976 Secretary $52,000 $48,583 2024
Christian Counseling Associates Of Jacksonville Inc FL$432,130 President $162,000 $157,352 2024
Together Happy And Forever FL$432,530 President $33,500 $33,500 2023
Elevate North Texas TX$392,082 Executive Director $60,000 $62,056 2024
Wells Of Wholeness Inc GA$391,188 Executive Di $132,125 $137,359 2024
Adams Purpose CO$390,518 Executive Director $31,254 $30,986 2024
Jefferson Comprehensive Counseling AR$435,779 Executive Director $56,103 $67,129 2023
Concordia Counseling A Lutheran IN$388,692 Ceo $43,175 $47,076 2024
Love In The Trenches Inc MD$441,582 Co Founder - Executive Director $96,519 $93,299 2024
Newsong Counseling Center Inc KY$442,149 President $57,300 $63,651 2024
Fighting Chance Inc NY$381,997 Chairman & Ceo $60,000 $56,058 2024
Modern Widows Club Inc FL$442,954 President $98,173 $98,173 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 L Begley Jr) 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 131 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,664 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.