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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maritime Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541604155
NC · NTEE X99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patrick Whipple, Executive Director / CEO ($15,439) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 234 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

234 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 234 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $207,920 $15,439
$12,73810th
$26,28325th
$46,157Median
$70,74275th
$95,54490th
$15,439This org · 14th
p10$12,738
p25$26,283
p50$46,157
p75$70,742
p90$95,544
$15,439

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 NC 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
Kindred Life Ministries Inc IL$213,011 Director $27,875 $26,522 2024
Terry Tripp Ministries TN$213,220 President $60,000 $61,038 2024
Score Ministries MI$213,258 President $112,650 $112,530 2024
Kavod Vnichum NJ$212,206 Executive Dir. $56,500 $50,264 2023
The Agape Puppets Inc GA$213,813 Executive Di $54,450 $54,551 2023
The Interfaith Center Inc AR$214,385 Executive Dir. $39,999 $44,798 2023
Faith At Work Inc IA$210,587 Executive Director $114,490 $124,907 2023
Bent-tree TX$209,456 Director $108,000 $107,644 2023
Transformation Ministries Inc CO$209,269 Dir Of Educatn $17,107 $15,875 2024
Arise Wellness CA$209,159 President $45,000 $37,607 2024
Current Of Tampa Bay Inc FL$208,514 President $11,200 $10,183 2024
Iglesia Pentecostal Rajem NY$217,379 President $110,708 $96,818 2024
Chance Walters Ministries Inc NC$217,793 President $93,200 $95,953 2023
Limestone County Churches Involved AL$207,703 President $14,958 $15,639 2024
Red River Institute Of History Inc OK$218,152 President $100,000 $106,569 2024
Christian Healing Network CO$206,697 Executive Dir. $32,815 $29,667 2025
True Daughters Inc NC$206,637 President $68,958 $70,995 2023
The 102 Project NE$206,598 Executive Di $40,000 $41,637 2024
Christian Witness To Israel Inc AR$219,019 Director Of Ministry $100,604 $112,676 2023
Chris Mcdaniel Ministries Inc GA$219,060 Treasurer $2,555 $2,559 2023
Underground House Of Prayer SD$206,489 President $15,667 $17,229 2023
Christ In The Rockies CO$219,139 Executive Director $13,797 $13,182 2023
Mens Discipleship Network Inc NY$219,295 President & Ceo $54,600 $47,750 2024
Kainos AR$219,923 Sec/treas. $80,000 $87,029 2024
Prayer Power Ministries Inc TX$220,263 Executive Director $61,400 $61,198 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Patrick Whipple) 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 234 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,439 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.