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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Akonda Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822440948
KY · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nathan Wingfeld, Executive Director / CEO ($19,517) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 238 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

238 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 238 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,704 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,165 $19,517
$10,04210th
$21,53025th
$41,562Median
$60,83975th
$87,15890th
$19,517This org · 21st
p10$10,042
p25$21,530
p50$41,562
p75$60,839
p90$87,158
$19,517

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 KY 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
Tractors For Africa MN$374,845 Board Member $42,000 $38,628 2024
Volunteers For Honduran Communities Inc VA$376,504 Executive Director $130,376 $117,170 2024
Life Center Ethiopia CO$373,686 Executive Director $52,000 $46,410 2024
The Kings Embrace KY$377,150 Board Member $9,270 $9,270 2024
Answer Relief MI$377,270 Treasurer $49,416 $48,878 2023
Haiti Gospel Outreach CA$371,372 Development $50,400 $41,705 2023
Casa Viva IL$379,428 Director $81,102 $74,214 2024
Abandoned Little Angels Nhom Tinh Thuong TX$370,370 Executive Director $50,000 $46,553 2024
Oasis Communities International Inc Ministries TX$370,193 President $31,681 $29,497 2024
Hope Fleet International Inc FL$369,394 President $9,125 $7,979 2024
Dail Community Of Usa Inc GA$369,300 President $65,000 $62,629 2023
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation CA$368,263 Executive Director/co-founder $93,750 $75,350 2024
The Small Things Inc CT$383,229 Executive Dir. $36,000 $31,418 2024
Ezekiel Rain Inc AR$366,569 Ceo, Pres, T $79,561 $85,699 2023
Thirst Relief International Inc FL$384,069 Secretary $100,376 $87,768 2024
Hasten International Inc NC$384,351 Executive Director $115,792 $111,362 2024
Refugees United Foundation Usa CA$384,439 Treasurer $64,702 $52,003 2024
Life Connection Mission Inc MD$384,578 Treasurer/se $10,000 $8,477 2025
Get Up Project TX$365,265 Executive Di $55,794 $53,483 2023
Freedom Firm Usa VA$385,379 President/treasurer $41,394 $36,242 2025
Daisy Project India Inc MO$364,730 President $9,030 $8,902 2024
Building Everyones Success Together In West Africa TX$387,914 Executive Director $53,648 $49,950 2024
Global Assistance Inc OR$390,374 Ex President $11,333 $9,796 2024
Himalayan Childrens Fund CA$390,400 Director $36,000 $29,789 2023
Business For Social Good CA$390,472 President & Ceo $70,000 $56,261 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Nathan Wingfeld) 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 238 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,517 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.