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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cornerstone Marriage And Family Life Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760500051
TX · NTEE X99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Milam, Executive Director / CEO ($128,496) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Susan Milam — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,840 $128,496
$19,12410th
$36,36525th
$60,182Median
$78,24775th
$104,50290th
$128,496This org · 98th
p10$19,124
p25$36,365
p50$60,182
p75$78,247
p90$104,502
$128,496

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
Right Response Ministries TX$316,802 Treasurer $60,410 $62,194 2023
Nhntx Inc TX$302,451 Executive Dir. $77,044 $77,044 2024
K-nation Group TX$302,088 Ceo $100,000 $102,954 2023
Bsf International Properties Corp TX$300,014 President $19,915 $19,915 2024
Ctw Ministries Inc TX$298,945 Director $26,900 $26,900 2024
Ten 24 Inc TX$342,607 President $68,255 $70,271 2023
Ancora Ministries Inc TX$296,864 Executive Director $56,500 $58,169 2023
Latin American Christian Covenant TX$294,591 President $33,000 $33,000 2024
Princess Promise Inc TX$347,092 President $30,000 $30,000 2024
Freedom In Christ Residential Centers TX$351,232 Executive Director $41,400 $42,623 2023
Sherman Aten Ministries Inc TX$353,663 President $96,015 $93,540 2025
Days Of Grace Kids Care Inc TX$364,125 Co-director $38,400 $39,534 2023
Here Come Better Days TX$270,099 Executive Director $72,997 $72,997 2024
Powered To Move TX$269,908 Founder $8,400 $8,400 2024
Abrahamic House TX$370,421 Chairman $120,000 $120,000 2024
Turn Ministries TX$373,296 Ceo $34,269 $34,269 2024
Gathering Of Men Inc TX$373,921 Executive Director $129,840 $129,840 2024
Tina P Williams Ministries Inc TX$375,337 Director $5,000 $5,000 2024
Ihope Ministries TX$261,927 Executive Director $26,077 $26,077 2024
Segera Mission Inc TX$379,194 President, Executive Direc $10,249 $10,249 2024
Emmaus Spirituality Center TX$255,248 Executie Dir $39,000 $39,000 2024
Global Pastor Training TX$254,200 President $71,000 $73,097 2023
Faith Commons TX$252,796 Founderpresident $90,000 $90,000 2024
American Faith & Family Ministries TX$245,075 President $39,195 $39,195 2024
Core Ministries Inc TX$245,025 President $77,400 $77,400 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 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 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Susan Milam) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $128,496 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.