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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Watchman Fellowship Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581363278
TX · NTEE X20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of James K Walker, Executive Director / CEO ($19,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 117 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: James K Walker — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

117 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 117 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,757 total compensation of comparable organizations → $273,909 $19,200
$13,43610th
$37,65125th
$59,992Median
$91,61675th
$139,44790th
$19,200This org · 12th
p10$13,436
p25$37,651
p50$59,992
p75$91,616
p90$139,447
$19,200

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 TX 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
Breakthrough Nations Ministries TX$239,564 Director $24,270 $23,574 2024
Burning Hope Ministries TX$239,559 President $50,000 $48,566 2024
Abiding Fathers TX$240,727 Executive Director $109,152 $106,020 2024
Turning Point Church Of Bay City Tx TX$236,941 Director $103,610 $100,637 2024
Wildfire Network TX$242,456 President, Executive Director $54,770 $53,199 2024
Sharing Gods Love Inc TX$242,495 Director $7,200 $7,200 2023
Buddy Hicks Ministries TX$236,372 President $44,829 $43,543 2024
New Foundland Foundation Incorporated TX$235,898 Chair $208,000 $202,033 2024
Matt Clayton Ministriesinternational Inc TX$235,571 Employee $60,832 $59,087 2024
Encounter Gods Presence TX$234,992 President $74,000 $74,000 2023
World Wide Spanish Literature TX$245,076 Secretary $18,200 $17,678 2024
Sea Of Hope Ministries TX$245,090 President $54,000 $52,451 2024
Date Palm Consulting TX$245,162 Key Employee $50,095 $50,095 2023
The Equipping Group Inc TX$231,910 Executive Director & Board Chair $88,482 $85,943 2024
Power To Live Center TX$247,495 Executive Dir. $54,721 $53,151 2024
Cic Mission Inc TX$247,792 President $75,633 $73,463 2024
Revival Mandate International TX$248,144 Executive Dir. $119,055 $115,639 2024
Feed My Lambs International Inc TX$229,047 President $50,121 $48,683 2024
Breath Of The Spirit Ministriesinc TX$251,113 President $150,000 $150,000 2023
Iplace TX$227,994 Executive Director $50,000 $48,566 2024
Ronnie Hill Ministries TX$254,218 President $187,779 $187,779 2023
Reach Ministries Of Corpus Christi TX$224,648 Ceo $70,708 $70,708 2023
Hope For The Home Ministries TX$222,545 President $49,225 $47,813 2024
Make Impact Right Away Corp TX$256,671 Coo $84,002 $84,002 2023
Canyon Pathways TX$221,774 Executive Director $117,217 $113,854 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (James K Walker) 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 117 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,200 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.