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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Vine Ministry Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581934939
PA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory Golden, Executive Director / CEO ($37,080) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 322 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gregory Golden — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

322 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 322 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,008 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,856 $37,080
$16,31810th
$30,86025th
$54,239Median
$84,75475th
$114,61490th
$37,080This org · 34th
p10$16,318
p25$30,860
p50$54,239
p75$84,754
p90$114,614
$37,080

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 PA 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
St Michael Orthodox Church NJ$241,620 Archpriest $16,250 $14,549 2024
Eden House Of Thailand WA$241,621 Executive Manager $37,010 $33,227 2024
New Jerusalem Missions KS$241,346 President/exec Dir $14,621 $16,307 2023
First Baptist Church KS$242,047 Pastor $28,782 $31,181 2024
Family Rescue Center CA$242,140 Executive Director $2,000 $1,732 2024
Danny Hubbell Evangelistic Min TX$240,985 President $90,000 $90,278 2024
Los Angeles Immanuel Mission Church CA$240,968 Ceo $12,000 $10,391 2024
Alabaster Ministries Inc MO$240,740 Director $29,681 $32,455 2023
Bridge Ministries Of Laredo Inc TX$240,478 President $34,800 $35,939 2023
United Church In God In Christ MN$239,963 Pastor $44,200 $43,796 2024
First Karen Baptist Church MN$239,742 Pastor $19,491 $19,313 2024
Galkin Evangelistic Ministries UT$239,653 President $124,200 $127,468 2024
Drawing Near To God Inc SC$243,541 Executive Director $90,000 $91,725 2025
Re-christ Ministries Inc AZ$239,591 Chairman, President $72,000 $71,487 2023
Christian Community Ministries Of Kershaw County SC$239,574 Director, Office Manager $21,918 $22,338 2025
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries IL$244,093 Program Dire $110,546 $112,200 2023
World Carp Inc NJ$244,716 President/tr $140,000 $125,344 2024
The Lighthouse Women's Center Inc AL$245,022 Director $42,624 $47,540 2023
Iglesia De Dios Pentecostes Aposento Alto CA$238,061 Chief Executive Officer $36,000 $31,172 2024
Remnant Ministries TX$237,681 President $151,647 $152,115 2024
Addicts For Christ Inc AL$246,042 Director $16,900 $18,308 2024
Priority Insight Inc GA$236,113 Director $121,897 $122,905 2024
Celestial Church Of Christ Providence Parish RI$247,173 Pastor $16,200 $15,577 2024
Next Generation Mission Inc MN$235,702 President $10,000 $9,909 2024
Planting The Gospel Inc GA$247,698 Board Member $143,683 $144,872 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Gregory Golden) 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 322 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,080 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.