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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chosen Vessels Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820862006
GA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebekah Fortney Baxter, Executive Director / CEO ($21,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 267 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rebekah Fortney Baxter — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

267 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 267 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$851 total compensation of comparable organizations → $207,535 $21,250
$14,39310th
$27,01125th
$45,989Median
$70,58775th
$95,75390th
$21,250This org · 17th
p10$14,393
p25$27,011
p50$45,989
p75$70,587
p90$95,753
$21,250

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 GA 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
True Life Inc MD$246,603 Ceo $90,642 $84,280 2023
Focal Point Ministries IL$246,362 President $42,344 $40,214 2024
Dare To Believe MN$246,040 Executive Dir. $24,000 $23,585 2023
American Faith & Family Ministries TX$245,075 President $39,195 $37,875 2024
Core Ministries Inc TX$245,025 President $77,400 $74,792 2024
The Masters Workshop AR$244,679 President $43,170 $48,261 2023
Israel Lives Corporation PA$249,133 Exeuctive Director $83,995 $80,916 2024
Love Of Christ Foundation Inc MD$250,000 Director $47,688 $43,069 2024
Side By Side WA$243,686 Executive Director $66,457 $59,175 2023
The Last Harvest Intl Evangelical Ministry Inc FL$250,484 President $28,905 $27,006 2023
Treasuring Christ Together Network MN$250,648 Director $99,000 $94,499 2024
My House Ministry MI$250,710 Executive Director $31,140 $31,050 2024
Temple Of Light WA$243,057 Founder $31,700 $27,417 2024
The Collective Thread MO$250,749 Treasurer $52,000 $53,204 2024
By Our Love AL$242,487 Director & President $65,400 $68,253 2024
Resourcing Now Ministries IA$242,197 Executive Di $67,200 $73,178 2023
Christs Reward Inc TX$241,518 Executive Director $118,434 $114,444 2024
Faith Commons TX$252,796 Founderpresident $90,000 $86,968 2024
Franciscan Earth Literacy Center OH$240,779 Former Director $18,955 $19,967 2023
Conviction For Christ Ministries NM$253,252 President $49,205 $52,634 2023
The Urban History Association Inc PA$253,354 Executive Director (Began June) $25,029 $24,824 2023
Oakwood Center Inc IN$253,382 Director $15,013 $15,294 2024
Isaiah5810 AR$240,398 Executive Di $10,669 $11,585 2024
Walnut Ridge Christian Camp Inc IN$253,497 Executive Director $16,708 $17,523 2023
All The Word Bible Translators Inc FL$240,129 President And Board Member $88,378 $80,202 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Rebekah Fortney Baxter) 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 267 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,250 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.