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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

City Gates Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731729574
WA · NTEE X90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Phillip Prietto, Executive Director / CEO ($45,019) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 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: Phillip Prietto — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,368 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,520 $45,019
$31,11010th
$48,19525th
$70,865Median
$88,96675th
$112,25790th
$45,019This org · 22nd
p10$31,110
p25$48,195
p50$70,865
p75$88,966
p90$112,257
$45,019

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 WA 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
Theres Hope America Inc GA$333,686 Chairmanpresident $65,682 $73,765 2024
Lmbm Inc OH$333,172 Executive Di $27,000 $31,941 2024
Jehovah Jireh Ministries Inc GA$356,952 Ceo $63,100 $70,865 2024
Kingdom Story Ministries Inc WA$327,529 President & Founder $92,700 $95,438 2023
The Fruitful Field Inc FL$327,441 Executive Director $51,764 $52,915 2025
Interfaith Community Partners IL$325,717 Executive Dir. $76,529 $84,035 2024
Wyandotte County Justice Ministry Organization KS$322,575 Executive Director $60,678 $73,218 2024
African Leadership Development ID$320,946 Executive Director $89,177 $105,959 2024
David Chung Ministries International WA$316,627 President $15,500 $15,958 2023
Truth Is One Interfaith Church Inc NC$316,502 President $72,000 $83,095 2024
Christian Campus Fellowship At Uga GA$316,402 Director $49,718 $55,836 2024
Family Promise Of Great Falls MT$314,498 Executive Director $62,400 $75,129 2024
Lanteri Center For Ignatian Spirit CO$376,954 $75,899 $81,288 2024
Touch Of Fire Ministries Inc FL$310,699 President/chairman $90,048 $94,485 2024
Alliance Network PA$306,343 Chairman $59,178 $67,862 2023
Rainbow Mission Inc WA$383,177 Executive Director $85,889 $85,889 2024
Micah Center MI$303,282 Director $85,000 $100,888 2023
The True Vine A Christian Foundation AL$385,452 Managing Director $30,056 $36,268 2024
Downtown Ministries Inc PA$301,979 President $20,266 $22,573 2024
Jewish Jewels Inc FL$391,760 Director $57,463 $60,295 2024
Cornerstone Community Ministries PA$286,154 Executive Di $74,000 $82,425 2024
Goodcities MN$284,677 President And Ceo $96,200 $109,307 2023
Blind Faith Ministries Inc WV$284,314 President $24,000 $29,882 2023
Mechanics Of Faith VA$281,035 Executive Director $42,000 $45,295 2024
Arimborgo Ministries AZ$408,419 President $72,500 $77,878 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Phillip Prietto) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,019 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.