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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721499143
LA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Luther A Walters Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1044 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Luther A Walters Iii — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,044 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,044 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,708 $12,000
$13,38310th
$26,61625th
$47,919Median
$77,31475th
$106,13590th
$12,000This org · 9th
p10$13,383
p25$26,616
p50$47,919
p75$77,314
p90$106,135
$12,000

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 LA 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
Mary Shannon Ministries AZ$275,301 President $127,815 $114,930 2023
Confrontation Point Ministries Inc KY$275,330 Executive Director $43,750 $43,947 2023
Portraits In Faith Foundation OH$275,193 Asst Treasurer $14,304 $14,166 2023
Creation Illustrated Ministries Inc WA$275,147 Board Secret $59,869 $48,678 2024
Youth With A Mission South Dallas TX$275,749 President $47,881 $43,497 2024
Greek Orthodox Memorial & Cultural CA$274,680 Director $26,620 $21,492 2023
Truth For Today Baptist Missions TN$275,856 Secretarytreasurer $15,000 $14,319 2024
The Sword Of The Spirit MI$274,655 Secretary $14,204 $13,314 2024
Randy Perry Ministries Inc GA$274,608 Pres./dir. $53,000 $48,396 2024
Creative Ministries Inc MO$276,191 President $23,100 $22,219 2024
Art Of Family Living NC$276,279 Executive Di $60,000 $54,850 2025
The Summit Mission Alliance CO$276,303 Executive Director $63,423 $53,806 2025
Call Sign Victor TX$274,201 Executive Director $62,886 $57,128 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Shekinah TX$276,487 Lead Pastor $5,743 $5,591 2022
Ekklesia Christian Center AZ$276,685 Lead Pastor $53,721 $48,306 2023
Ministerio Internacional Casa De Amor Inc FL$276,706 Director $32,267 $27,528 2024
Crossroads Ministries Usa Inc CO$273,812 President $43,353 $37,752 2024
Cecil & Lisa Paxton CO$276,742 President $34,283 $29,854 2024
Mekong Multiply Inc KY$276,843 Executive Di $86,400 $84,300 2024
Kingdom Resources For Christ Inc PA$276,890 President $29,500 $26,716 2024
Family Dynamics Institute Inc TN$273,599 Executive Director $86,000 $84,520 2023
International Berean Ministries Inc MI$276,931 President $6,000 $5,790 2023
The Sudie Clark Hanger Missionary Care Ministry GA$273,583 Development Chair $12,900 $11,779 2024
God's Mountain Ministries Inc MO$276,981 Director $34,400 $34,066 2023
Csj Ministries Inc TX$273,373 President $20,000 $18,169 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Luther A Walters Iii) 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 1044 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.