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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Whetstone Ministries Ron Fuhrman

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731666270
AR · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ronald Fuhrman, Executive Director / CEO ($20,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 231 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

231 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 231 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,536 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,987 $20,800
$14,46810th
$23,35725th
$36,403Median
$63,08375th
$93,45390th
$20,800This org · 22nd
p10$14,468
p25$23,357
p50$36,403
p75$63,083
p90$93,453
$20,800

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 AR 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
Abundance Of Life Temple Ministries LA$175,559 Secretary/treasurer $18,550 $18,172 2024
Kingdom Life Ministries International CO$175,984 President $105,122 $89,675 2024
La Prayer Mountain CA$177,081 Secretary $9,000 $6,914 2024
Milwaukee Innercity Congregations WI$177,134 Executive Director/lead Or $63,168 $60,424 2023
Soul Purpose Ministries MN$173,385 Director $30,000 $26,372 2024
Freedom Fellowship Inc WI$177,390 Pres/director/pastor/secretary $51,000 $48,784 2023
Young's Chapel Missionary Baptist GA$177,843 Pastor $26,121 $23,366 2024
Greenwood Ministries Association MI$177,975 Camp Director $29,000 $27,416 2023
Sierra Vista Bethel Church AZ$172,154 Pastor $78,907 $67,512 2024
Operation Transformation MI$179,261 Exec Director $64,751 $59,458 2024
China Services Ventures MN$171,022 Executive Director $52,000 $45,711 2024
One King Inc MO$170,845 President & Director $113,214 $106,678 2024
The Schermerhorn Foundation NY$170,789 President $9,500 $7,863 2023
United Christian Ministires Inc MS$180,898 President $48,887 $48,439 2024
Compassion Bridges CA$181,423 President $34,600 $27,365 2023
Solid Rock Baptist Church DE$181,454 Pastor $29,323 $25,543 2024
Touch The World Ministries Inc NC$181,906 Accountant/bookkeeper $23,121 $21,881 2023
Freedom For Appalachia Community Development Organization OH$182,171 President $40,103 $37,788 2024
Libertad En Cristo Ministries Inc KS$168,253 President-trustee $37,100 $35,657 2024
Living Bread Ministries VA$168,238 President $32,620 $28,020 2024
Core Fellowship Foundation CO$167,726 President & Ceo $91,600 $80,448 2023
Shekinah Glory Ministries Inc OK$167,396 President $35,684 $34,957 2024
Iglesia De Dios En Freeport Inc NY$166,191 President $24,596 $19,773 2024
Supreme Task International Inc GA$184,534 President & Ceo $102,479 $94,377 2023
America's Family Coaches Inc IA$165,341 President, Ceo $60,000 $60,172 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Ronald Fuhrman) 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 231 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,800 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.