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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Journey Counseling Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541833970
VA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexandra Padilla, Executive Director / CEO ($5,762) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alexandra Padilla — reported title “Director Clinical Dir”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,770 $5,762
$3,34310th
$9,24825th
$21,126Median
$36,76575th
$64,09390th
$5,762This org · 17th
p10$3,343
p25$9,248
p50$21,126
p75$36,765
p90$64,093
$5,762

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 VA 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
Del Corazon De Jesucristo AZ$55,293 President/director $34,014 $34,880 2023
Templo Evangelico Cedro De Livano TX$54,605 Pastor $9,627 $9,974 2024
Seventh Trumpet Ministries Inc TX$54,450 Officer $1,733 $1,848 2023
Shekinah Tabernacle Gospel Church MI$54,413 Pastor $12,960 $14,264 2023
Cross Cultured Ministries Inc CA$53,895 Chief Executive Officer $3,000 $2,683 2024
Fuentes De Aguas Vivas International Fellowship Church Inc IN$53,383 Vice President $15,600 $17,542 2023
In The Name Of Love Ministries Inc CA$53,319 President $25,000 $23,018 2023
Youth With A Mission Awake MN$57,993 President/officer $2,925 $2,993 2024
Open Heavens Ministry Inc FL$58,363 President $43,980 $42,790 2024
Hope Grows International Inc FL$58,366 Director $48,000 $46,701 2024
Yahweh Church Orlando Inc FL$52,840 President $5,319 $5,175 2024
Gkerr Ministries Corp FL$52,729 Kerr $44,655 $44,730 2023
Life Focus Communications Nfp IL$52,459 Executive Director $24,000 $25,159 2023
Christ For Ireland Inc SC$58,817 Vice Preside $23,849 $26,529 2023
The Word Foundation Inc NY$59,664 President $39,000 $36,499 2024
Camp Shenandoah Springs Inc VA$51,100 Secretary $12,500 $12,500 2024
Iglesia Pentecostal Tabernaculo De Dios NV$61,009 President $12,000 $12,825 2023
Global Fire Ministries TN$61,150 Offier $70,650 $79,185 2023
Redeem Neighborhoods AZ$61,366 President $18,102 $18,563 2023
Dominic Galati Jr Ministries WI$49,839 President $6,915 $7,479 2024
Equippers Group International TX$61,750 Treasurer $24,000 $25,599 2023
Iglesia Cristiana Sendero De Amor Md MD$61,837 Pastor & Director $31,850 $30,839 2024
Fuel The Fire Ministries TX$62,068 President $21,000 $21,756 2024
Free In Christ Prison Ministries Inc NC$49,101 President $21,600 $23,115 2024
Cpc Prescott Holding Co AZ$48,943 Executive Dir. $6,188 $6,164 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Alexandra Padilla) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,762 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.