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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Worship United Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473840505
FL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ladell Cole, Executive Director / CEO ($8,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $94,948 $8,077
$4,24410th
$10,28225th
$16,526Median
$38,52075th
$54,80690th
$8,077This org · 25th
p10$4,244
p25$10,282
p50$16,526
p75$38,520
p90$54,806
$8,077

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
Centro Cristiano El Kairos De Dios Inc FL$107,332 President $39,000 $37,881 2024
Fountains Of Life Inc FL$112,164 Director $63,890 $62,057 2024
Event Evangelism Inc FL$114,474 President $1 $1 2024
New Life International Mission Inc FL$101,525 Director $12,994 $12,621 2024
Mary Esther Church Of Christ FL$116,799 Evangelist & Secretary $52,800 $52,800 2023
All Will Know Him Inc FL$91,531 Director $7,090 $6,887 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $31,230 2022
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $54,000 2023
Ministerio International El Shadai Corp FL$82,662 President $12,000 $12,000 2023
Grace For Glory Global Ministries I FL$135,366 President $4,500 $4,500 2023
Beverly Crawford Ministries Inc FL$141,058 President $13,963 $13,562 2024
Strategies4life Inc FL$143,943 Director $2,000 $1,943 2024
Revelation 320 Missionary Ministry And Biblical Teachings Inc FL$146,961 Senior Pastor $15,600 $15,152 2024
Jim Gilbert Ministries Inc FL$150,494 President $6,470 $6,470 2023
Forrest Ministries Inc FL$154,730 Director $30,000 $29,139 2024
Tim And Gaye Goad Ministries Inc FL$155,538 President $97,752 $94,948 2024
Tommy Brandt Ministries Inc FL$156,047 P $11,750 $11,413 2024
Champions Of Faith International Church Inc FL$158,926 President $17,900 $17,900 2023
Antioch Breakthrough Ministries Inc FL$160,100 Pastor/president $41,632 $40,438 2024
Christ Apostolic Church Of Orlando Inc FL$160,668 President/pastor $36,000 $34,967 2024

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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Ladell Cole) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,077 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.