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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

El Puente-hispanic Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 500005943
MO · NTEE X19
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cristhia Castro, Executive Director / CEO ($59,033) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cristhia Castro — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17,948 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,678 $59,033
$23,61110th
$49,96325th
$60,655Median
$88,63075th
$126,06090th
$59,033This org · 42nd
p10$23,611
p25$49,963
p50$60,655
p75$88,630
p90$126,060
$59,033

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 MO 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
Field Life TX$416,700 Executive Director $93,843 $88,630 2024
Chaplains In Schools Inc WI$410,312 Executive Director $80,216 $91,558 2021
Lead With Your Life Inc CA$437,847 President $177,666 $144,847 2024
Glocal Mission TX$453,760 President $117,219 $110,707 2024
Family Affair Ministries Inc TN$454,451 Ceo $60,480 $60,022 2024
Village To Village Ministries Intern PA$391,019 Admin $63,150 $57,925 2025
The Advance Initiative PA$462,623 President $19,062 $17,948 2024
Love In The Name Of Christ Of OR$465,098 Executive Di $55,056 $48,273 2024
Responder Life OR$465,889 Former Presi $84,742 $76,496 2023
Impact Ministries Of Myrtle Beach SC$369,915 Executive Director $65,000 $64,024 2024
Great Hunt For God Inc OR$362,328 President/director $61,100 $53,572 2024
Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc GA$357,223 Ministry Coordinator $52,630 $49,963 2024
His Vessel Ministries AL$355,318 President $83,962 $85,641 2024
College & Career Ministries Inc CA$353,936 Exec Director $24,480 $20,547 2023
Mission Four18 Inc TN$496,501 Executive Director $62,875 $62,399 2024
Living Waters Christian Canoe Camp KS$344,938 Chair $21,900 $22,338 2024
Appointment Congo NC$339,641 President $62,175 $60,655 2024
Connect The World PA$336,428 Minister $249,320 $241,678 2023
Every Man Ministries Inc CA$513,088 President $120,000 $100,722 2023
Khalsa Family Farms NM$331,370 Director $51,550 $52,348 2024
Forgiven Ministry Inc NC$327,084 President $22,645 $22,744 2023
Rugged Cross Ranch Ministries OR$533,189 President $30,000 $27,081 2023
Middle East Reformed Fellowship MI$538,572 Ex Officio Mem $58,368 $56,881 2024
Barnabas Ministries Inc MA$296,825 Executive Director $45,217 $37,374 2025
Lightsys Technology Services Inc CO$288,665 President/ceo And Board Member $78,440 $71,014 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Cristhia Castro) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,033 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.