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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Compassion Ministries Of Waco

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742698244
TX · NTEE S20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Samaniegojanuary - December, Executive Director / CEO ($67,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 323 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Samaniegojanuary - December — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

323 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 323 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$592 total compensation of comparable organizations → $242,195 $67,000
$17,60710th
$42,67025th
$65,930Median
$85,59275th
$114,64690th
$67,000This org · 51st
p10$17,607
p25$42,670
p50$65,930
p75$85,592
p90$114,646
$67,000

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 TX 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
Seymour Main Street Inc IN$413,471 Executive Director $49,275 $51,947 2023
Livingston Community Partnership Management Corporation NJ$413,548 Executive Director $77,500 $67,189 2024
Adult Care Center Of The Northern VA$412,644 Executive Director $56,073 $54,124 2023
Dineh Cooperatives Incorporated AZ$411,616 Interim President & Ceo (Thru 09/24) $122,805 $114,681 2024
New Birth Community Development CA$411,445 Board President, Executive Director $22,155 $19,125 2023
Diastoavie VA$415,132 Ceo Founder $5,122 $5,147 2022
Downtown Billings Partnership MT$415,268 Ceo $33,550 $36,154 2023
Star-tec Enterprises Inc FL$410,918 President Ceo $200,000 $177,735 2025
Associated Neighborhood Centers OH$410,835 Executive Director $48,500 $49,880 2024
West Indianapolis Development Corp IN$410,024 Executive Director $114,000 $120,182 2023
Staten Island Urban Center Inc NY$409,827 Ceo & Founder $78,430 $70,849 2023
Leipsic Community Center OH$416,554 Executive Di $31,185 $32,072 2024
Crown Community Development Corporation Inc IN$418,015 Ceo $133,724 $136,931 2024
Shenango Valley Enterprise Zone PA$418,788 Loan Coordinator $23,045 $22,974 2023
One Wake NC$407,238 Executive Director $109,791 $110,154 2024
Streets Are For Everyone CA$406,388 Executive Dir. $27,375 $22,953 2024
Main Street Highland Park Inc NJ$420,796 Executive Director $82,550 $71,567 2024
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc MD$405,305 Executive Director $84,612 $74,831 2025
Engage Winona MN$404,673 Executive Director $68,000 $65,244 2024
Yazoo County Fair & Civic League Inc MS$422,464 President $32,400 $35,039 2024
Hamilton Partnership For Paterson Inc NJ$403,168 Former Exec Dir $72,000 $62,420 2024
Ripley County Caring Community MO$403,145 Executive Di $50,715 $52,158 2024
Plaza Area Council Inc MO$423,461 President $124,583 $128,127 2024
Holy Ghost Association Inc MA$402,345 Asst Treasurer $18,221 $16,369 2023
The Montgomery Institute MS$402,323 President $52,000 $56,236 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Amanda Samaniegojanuary - December) 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 323 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,000 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.