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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shane Willard Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800110456
SC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of R Shane Willard, Executive Director / CEO ($119,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 967 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

967 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 967 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $365,722 $119,000
$15,33910th
$31,23325th
$54,006Median
$82,85275th
$112,69090th
$119,000This org · 92nd
p10$15,339
p25$31,233
p50$54,006
p75$82,852
p90$112,690
$119,000

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 SC 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
Alaska Mission For Christ AK$360,232 Executive Dir. $91,520 $83,871 2024
My Brother's Keeper Outreach Center TX$359,914 Ceo $82,500 $81,442 2023
Servants Ministry VA$359,563 Executive Director $80,003 $76,231 2023
Vietnam Ministries Inc CA$359,315 President $62,022 $51,336 2024
1st Street Church CO$359,128 President $16,203 $14,893 2024
Christ Is The Answer Ministries Inc FL$361,100 President $83,016 $74,755 2024
The Mission Inc MS$358,989 Treasurer $56,173 $61,740 2023
Dirt Roads Network Inc KS$358,885 Executive Di $88,177 $91,312 2024
Order Of The Common Life OH$358,788 Founding Director $33,336 $33,844 2024
Northeast Wisdom Inc CT$358,731 President $600 $539 2024
World Missions Outreach Inc NV$358,724 President $30,000 $28,825 2024
Jesus Project Ministries LA$361,550 Vice President $30,000 $31,665 2024
Rt Kendall Ministries Inc TN$362,095 President $62,056 $64,372 2023
Illustra Media CA$357,902 President $800 $662 2024
Ann Ree Colton Foundation Of Niscience CA$357,776 Director $43,039 $35,624 2024
Neck Ministries PA$357,662 President $121,010 $115,673 2024
Evangelicals For Social Action - Fresno CA$357,472 Exec Director $75,124 $62,181 2024
Digital Great Commission Ministries CO$362,781 President $42,766 $40,468 2023
Love Defined CA$363,204 President/direc $50,400 $41,717 2024
Police Chaplains Ministry Fund IL$356,777 Fund Director $152,066 $143,302 2024
Life Ready Inc KY$356,393 Executive Di $83,871 $86,373 2024
United Nations For Israel Inc FL$363,888 President $68,900 $62,043 2024
The Hope Church Of Detroit Inc MI$356,089 President $48,472 $49,374 2023
Gospel Ministries International In MO$364,108 President $90,000 $94,071 2023
Destiny Sports Mission Inc TX$355,921 Founder/director $55,043 $52,778 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (R Shane Willard) 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 967 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119,000 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.