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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jamie Carte Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562367279
WV · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deborah Legg, Executive Director / CEO ($21,056) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,994 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,615 $21,056
$14,62410th
$19,23725th
$30,660Median
$44,80175th
$65,62690th
$21,056This org · 29th
p10$14,624
p25$19,237
p50$30,660
p75$44,801
p90$65,626
$21,056

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 WV 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
Warren Christian Apologetics Center WV$110,606 President $28,800 $28,800 2023
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc KY$111,710 Pastor $48,893 $47,123 2024
Kingdom Ambassadors Church Inc NJ$112,299 President $14,020 $11,230 2024
Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center Inc UT$112,500 Clinician/clinical Director $125,208 $114,959 2024
Leadership Connection Inc MA$107,941 President $80,664 $65,026 2024
Slavic Baptist Mission Incorporated IN$114,065 President $46,750 $44,227 2024
Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church MS$115,698 Pastor Ceo $38,213 $39,307 2023
Holy Synod Of Saint Athanasius PA$104,400 Officer $17,400 $15,566 2024
Joyous Community Church CA$116,726 Ceo $40,000 $30,985 2024
North Central Presbytery Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church IL$104,037 Treasurer, Member Of Board Of Finance And Trustees $5,500 $4,994 2023
Globalservant Ministries Inc AL$104,018 Director $44,100 $44,002 2023
Ron Herrod Evangelistic Ministry Association TN$117,825 Board Member $67,404 $65,437 2023
Sylvan Nook Church Of Christ IN$118,134 Secretary And Minister $65,385 $63,683 2023
Franklin Ministries TN$101,171 President/director $60,000 $58,249 2023
Victory44 International Inc VA$100,737 President $22,000 $19,619 2023
Dwight Thompson Ministries Inc CA$100,243 Director / P $155,000 $123,615 2023
Kevin Derryberry Ministries Inc AL$121,704 President $33,000 $31,982 2024
Christ The Reconciler Inc TX$121,769 President $16,500 $14,807 2024
Chris Miller Ministries Inc TN$122,300 President $43,200 $40,736 2024
Church Of The Blessed International TX$98,577 Senior Pastor $30,000 $26,921 2024
Share Ministries Inc TX$122,374 Executive Director $9,600 $8,615 2024
Lutheran Ministry Foundation NE$97,157 Director $77,428 $72,782 2025
New Light Assembly NY$96,756 President $18,550 $15,481 2023
Ethiopian Outreach Ministry PA$96,611 Executive Director $34,272 $30,660 2024
Tc4 Inc NY$124,592 President $22,200 $17,996 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Deborah Legg) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,056 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.