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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475274064
OR · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Namae Ntumae, Executive Director / CEO ($151,437) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 248 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Namae Ntumae — 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

248 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 248 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$556 total compensation of comparable organizations → $312,519 $151,437
$16,79810th
$38,69125th
$70,392Median
$92,18075th
$136,07990th
$151,437This org · 93rd
p10$16,798
p25$38,691
p50$70,392
p75$92,180
p90$136,079
$151,437

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 OR 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
Hope In Jesus Ministries RI$448,854 Director $77,400 $77,859 2025
Wonders Of The Creator Inc FL$448,282 President $106,154 $107,385 2024
Clubhouse Ministries Inc TN$450,921 Secretary $44,999 $50,934 2024
Blazing Hope Ranch TN$445,429 Board Member; Executive Director $17,500 $19,298 2025
Avatar Meher Baba Heartland Ce OK$454,591 Montgomerey $18,000 $21,974 2023
Made To Shine Inc MO$455,757 President/treasurer $85,615 $97,646 2024
Agape Freedom Fighters TN$442,694 President $102,080 $112,566 2025
Pch Ministries Inc IL$441,209 Ceo $117,391 $124,275 2024
Firebase Movement MN$458,526 Director $82,848 $88,152 2024
Straight Street Revolution GA$459,052 Executive Di $52,708 $57,069 2024
Faith And Life Inc KS$459,272 Manager $35,817 $41,667 2024
City On A Hill Young Adult Apostolate MO$439,114 Executive Director (January - October) $70,518 $80,427 2024
The Lot Project SC$438,885 Executive D $45,250 $50,833 2024
Lot318 CA$438,059 Ceo $32,987 $30,673 2024
The Isaiah 40 Foundation Inc VT$460,415 President $89,932 $97,473 2024
The Earth Center Of Maanu Inc IL$437,973 It Director $11,250 $12,261 2023
True North Ministries Inc OK$437,611 Executive Dir. $65,417 $77,567 2024
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist OH$437,014 President $14,740 $16,811 2024
Blazing Trees TN$462,823 Chief Executive Officer $72,000 $83,904 2023
The Hinda Institute IL$463,408 Director $9,350 $9,898 2024
Care Net Womens Resource Center Of CA$433,199 Executive Dir. $57,292 $53,272 2024
Systematic Asian Leadership Trainin NC$432,786 Ceo $69,654 $79,789 2023
Thrive Learning Centers CA$466,812 Executive Dir. $16,449 $15,295 2024
White Dove Ministries Inc AL$431,219 Minister $147,130 $176,217 2023
Symbiz OH$430,719 Executive Di $38,190 $43,557 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Namae Ntumae) 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 248 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $151,437 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.