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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 640685077
MS · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clinton Heidelberg, Executive Director / CEO ($38,213) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Clinton Heidelberg — reported title “PASTOR CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,855 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,173 $38,213
$13,77210th
$19,15025th
$29,964Median
$44,49675th
$65,68790th
$38,213This org · 66th
p10$13,772
p25$19,150
p50$29,964
p75$44,496
p90$65,687
$38,213

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 MS 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
Joyous Community Church CA$116,726 Ceo $40,000 $30,122 2024
Slavic Baptist Mission Incorporated IN$114,065 President $46,750 $42,996 2024
Ron Herrod Evangelistic Ministry Association TN$117,825 Board Member $67,404 $63,615 2023
Sylvan Nook Church Of Christ IN$118,134 Secretary And Minister $65,385 $61,910 2023
Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center Inc UT$112,500 Clinician/clinical Director $125,208 $111,759 2024
Kingdom Ambassadors Church Inc NJ$112,299 President $14,020 $10,917 2024
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc KY$111,710 Pastor $48,893 $45,811 2024
Warren Christian Apologetics Center WV$110,606 President $28,800 $27,998 2023
Jamie Carte Ministries Inc WV$110,450 Member $21,056 $20,470 2023
Kevin Derryberry Ministries Inc AL$121,704 President $33,000 $31,091 2024
Christ The Reconciler Inc TX$121,769 President $16,500 $14,395 2024
Chris Miller Ministries Inc TN$122,300 President $43,200 $39,602 2024
Share Ministries Inc TX$122,374 Executive Director $9,600 $8,375 2024
Leadership Connection Inc MA$107,941 President $80,664 $63,216 2024
Tc4 Inc NY$124,592 President $22,200 $17,495 2024
Baptist Youth Mission WY$124,799 President $26,400 $25,382 2023
Great Grace Ministries Inc ID$125,155 President $52,949 $49,123 2024
Journey Church Inc MN$125,278 President $40,300 $35,754 2023
Truth Alive Ministries MI$126,272 Director $40,530 $37,561 2023
Holy Synod Of Saint Athanasius PA$104,400 Officer $17,400 $15,133 2024
Middle Eastern Missionary Organization OR$127,137 Exec Director/president $56,400 $45,678 2024
North Central Presbytery Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church IL$104,037 Treasurer, Member Of Board Of Finance And Trustees $5,500 $4,855 2023
Globalservant Ministries Inc AL$104,018 Director $44,100 $42,777 2023
Centro Cristiano Familia De Fe Inc NY$128,247 Pastor President $23,598 $18,597 2024
Ken Petty Ministries IL$129,539 President $10,792 $9,253 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Clinton Heidelberg) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,213 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.