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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vital Families Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821247127
TN · NTEE X20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Andy Rittenhouse, Executive Director / CEO ($100,009) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 268 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

268 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 268 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $462,163 $100,009
$5,71610th
$18,18625th
$35,293Median
$60,17475th
$89,67890th
$100,009This org · 94th
p10$5,716
p25$18,186
p50$35,293
p75$60,174
p90$89,678
$100,009

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 TN 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
Knowing Jesus Ministries VA$125,837 President $25,020 $24,288 2023
Sola Network Inc CA$125,608 Cfo $2,371 $2,000 2024
Hallstrom Homeschool Workshops Inc IL$124,911 Athletics Director $750 $701 2025
Tandem Spirituality NC$127,979 President $93,203 $94,042 2024
Bethlehem Baptist Church MI$124,248 President $41,001 $42,547 2023
Gifting Grace Project Inc LA$128,483 Director $36,038 $39,895 2023
Capilla De Gracia CA$128,712 President $600 $521 2023
Disciples Of The Way TX$123,448 Office Coordinator $30,551 $29,843 2024
Metro Ministries Of Fort Worth TX$123,383 Executive Director $22,656 $22,131 2024
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $192,159 2023
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $5,657 2024
Harvest Mission Brazil Incorporated AL$122,556 Member $93,693 $98,843 2024
Living Loved Project CO$122,365 President $54,000 $50,564 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $29,495 2022
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $22,881 2024
Harvest Home Farmsinc WI$121,598 Treasurer $34,792 $36,530 2023
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $37,705 2023
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $103,994 2025
Community Church Of Praise SC$121,024 Pastor $34,485 $37,652 2022
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $60,030 2024
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $51,001 2023
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $43,848 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $37,414 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom Inc OH$133,642 President $228,622 $236,460 2024
Joel Hitchcock Ministries Inc DE$133,917 President $54,312 $51,931 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 TN 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (John Andy Rittenhouse) 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 268 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,009 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.